Please find below the most important changes which may affect your business in Poland: extending limited tax liability towards income from the sale of shares in real estate companies -> obligation of analysis of the structure of RE companies within 12 months prior to a transaction; partnerships (spółka komandytowa and spółka jawna in some cases) […]
CIT AND PIT IMPROVEMENT – LIMITED PARTNERSHIP COMPANY AS A CIT TAXPAYER
Limited partnerships are to become CIT taxpayers. This means that automatic compensation of income of one limited partnership with the loss incurred by another one at the level of partners of these entities will no longer be possible. Such structures will not be tax-effective anymore. This is the moment to consider other possibilities, to include […]
SLIM VAT – Changes, changes, changes…
The Ministry of Finance is intensively working on changes concerning VAT taxation. Despite numerous changes that entered into force from 1 January 2020 (Quick fixes, VAT rates matrix, changes concerning the so-called White List of VAT taxpayers)and changes that will enter into force from 1 October 2020 (so-called VDEK, complete change in the field of […]
Transfer pricing obligations across CEE countries (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary) in 2019 – 2020
Transfer pricing regulations around the world grow at a fast pace as a result of the implementation of the Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) developed by OECD in national tax environment recommendations. Local regulations introduce specific transfer obligations that are relevant exclusively for local entities, such as Transfer Pricing rules applicable for Polish CIT and PIT […]
Poland – White List – new rules after 1 July 2020
The negative consequences of the White List register, introduced on 1 January 2020, regarding payments to the supplier’s bank account not included in the White List register for B2B (active VAT taxpayers) transaction over PLN 15 000 gross, result in: lack of the possibility to treat such an expense as tax-deductible cost in CIT and PIT, […]
Estonian CIT in Poland – draft of the amendment has been published
On 12 August 2020 a draft amendment to the CIT Act introducing a new taxation system, the so-called Estonian CIT model, has been published on the website of the Government Legislation Centre. We wrote about its basic assumptions here. Propose changes may be further modified – the draft is currently under review. Taxpayers will have […]
What will Brexit bring in VAT?
CURRENT BREXIT SITUATION On January 2020 United Kingdom (UK) based on an agreement concluded with the European Union left EU. Nevertheless at least until the end of 2020, there is an exit transitional regulation period when the existing EU VAT regime, single market, and customs rules still apply. There is a possibility that the final […]
R&D and IP Box relief in the latest tax interpretations
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 […]
Monitor your trade in goods within the EU Member States – check Intrastat obligations in the CEE Region
What is the INTRASTAT system? Intrastat is the statistical system enforced on 1st January 1993 in accordance with the need to control trade in goods within the European Union (EU) in a situation of removal of borders and customs formalities between the EU Member States when reporting obligations were withdrawn. Intrastat does not apply if […]
JPK VAT: the penalty for the mistake
Jaroslaw Szajkowski, Tax Manager at ASB Poland, speaks about JPK VAT in the interview with Rzeczpospolita. The Polish Ministry of Finance has once again postponed the date of introducing the new JPK file. Please find the full article in Polish on the RP website or contact our expert if you have questions: Jarosław SzajkowskiTax Manager – […]