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. […]
WHT and Polish resident’s foreign establishment
On 24 April 2020, a general interpretation of the Minister of Finance (No. SP4.8223.1.2020) was published regarding the withholding tax (WHT) on payments made by a Polish resident’s foreign establishment to a non-resident. It is intended to provide a remedy for existing doubts and disputes regarding whether in such situations a Polish resident or his […]
TPR-C Form Interactive Version
The Ministry of Finance published the long-awaited interactive version of the TPR-C form. After nearly 150 pages of comments submitted during public consultations, taxpayers were provided with the final version of the document. TPR-C will have to be sent electronically to the Head of the National Revenue Administration for transactions with related entities for the […]
Slovakia is implementing tax relief measures
Last week the Slovak government has taken measures to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus crises in the financial area. These measures have been approved by Slovak parliament on April 2nd, 2020, and come into force as of April 4th, 2020. The changes concern various tax regulations and are adopted due to the situation in […]
Anti-Crisis Shield – Summary of Implemented Solutions
On 1 April 2020 a package of bills and decrees, so-called “Anti-Crisis Shield”, entered into force. Below we present the most important solutions: SUPPORT CONCERNING EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS (ZUS) 1.Exemption from social security contributions (upon request) Exemption for small companies (up to 9 people registered for social security) from social security contributions […]
The reporting obligations postponement
In the last days, the Polish government published few regulations postponing various reporting obligations, aiming to relieve adverse COVID-19 effects: CIT-8 The deadline for submitting CIT-8 for most CIT taxpayers was postponed until 31 May 2020 (for-profit/loss generated in the tax year that ended in the period from 1 December 2019 to 31 January 2020). The due date […]
“Anti-crisis shield” – Polish government finally published draft bills
Polish government published on 26 March the so-called “anti-crisis shield” – a package of draft bills. Today (27 March) the Parliament is to vote on the projects. The proposed changes are aimed at protecting the labor market and improving companies’ cash flow. The size of the company and the type of industry will decide on […]
How is Poland going to “treat” coronavirus among companies?
On 10 March 2020, the Minister of Development Jadwiga Emilewicz announced the introduction of a package of legislative changes aimed at protecting the Polish economy from the effects of the coronavirus epidemic. The changes, which are mainly targeted at (i) introducing public-law liabilities reliefs, (ii) improving companies’ cash flow and (iii) protecting and supporting the […]