The Director of the National Tax Information (Director of KIS) has recently issued several significant individual tax rulings concerning R&D tax relief for taxpayers creating innovative solutions and preferential taxation of income from qualified intellectual property rights (IP Box relief). These rulings are related i.a. to conditions of recognizing specific categories of costs as qualifying […]
SLIM VAT – Simple, Local and Modern tax in Poland – new package
The Polish Ministry of Finance has started to listen to the business demands in the field of VAT simplification. SLIM VAT is a package of changes that will make the VAT easy to use, adapted to the local specificity of the country in which it operates. The assumptions for the changes were prepared for small […]
MDR: new deadlines and modified reporting rules
On 30 June 2020 new Regulation of the Minister of Finance on the extension of certain deadlines related to transfer of information on tax arrangements and exchange of tax information with other countries (the MDR Regulation) entered into force. The MDR Regulation also extends some of the deadlines set out in the Act of 28 […]
Changes in taxes in Poland from 1 July 2020 – summary
Beginning from 1 July 2020 the following tax changes enter into force in Poland: Change of provisions concerning the so-called White List (resulting in changes in PIT, CIT and VAT) Making payments using a split payment mechanism (MPP) to a bank account not included in the White List does not generate a risk in income […]
The government plans to revolutionize CIT in Poland –so-called Estonian CIT to be introduced
The Ministry of Finance plans to implement in 2021 so-called Estonian CIT The main purpose of the planned changes is increase of investments in Poland, since funds reinvested will not be taxed until they are paid out to shareholders. The solution may be used by about 200k companies in Poland. The concept of the new […]
First amendments to the tax provisions as of 1 July 2020
On 28 May 2020 Polish Parliament passed a bill containing: the provisions implementing EU regulations, so-called “Quick Fixes” package (hereinafter referred to as “QF”); the CIT system tightening provisions implementing Council Directive (EU) 2017/952 as regards hybrid mismatches with third countries (hereinafter referred to as: “ATAD 2 Directive”); completion of the transposition of Council Directive […]
Comparison of CIT-TP and TPR – Part 1: General information
The purpose of this publication is to summarize basic differences between CIT-TP form (submitted by larger taxpayers in recent years) and its new equivalent – TPR form. A wider range of related parties will be required to submit the TPR form. In the publication, we compare the two forms based on regulations of the Corporate […]
Changes in PIT, CIT, VAT and Tax Ordinance Act – to make everyone’s life better
On 6 May 2020 the Parliament (the Sejm) adopted a draft bill amending PIT, CIT, VAT Acts, and the Tax Ordinance Act. Among proposed changes are in particular: the possibility of making payments on bank accounts not indicated on the so-called White List and adapting the PIT and the CIT Acts to the Polish Classification […]
Promoting R&D – Poland| Slovakia | The Czech Republic | Hungary
For a few latest years, many developed and developing countries have been promoting R&D activities. The surge in R&D expenses is however not unexpected – most economists agree that this is the only way to avoid the middle-income trap. Leaders in this field in 2018 were: Israel, South Korea, Taipei, Sweden, and Japan: R&D in […]
Investing in CEE region – Poland / Slovakia / Czech Republic / Hungary
Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary are key CEE countries, attracting investments from all over the world. And although one would expect that it would be Poland – the biggest economy, country, and nation among CEE countries – who will excel, yet it seems that foreign investors prefer rather Slovakian, Czech or Hungarian economy. […]