On 14th July, the President signed law of 7th July for crowdfunding for domestic businesses and assistance for borrowers. In this law it is possible find provisions regulating credit holidays, but also the extension of the so-called Anti-inflation Shield. As a reminder, with the start of the year, legislation was introduced to reduce VAT rates […]
Regulations on hidden dividend will be lifted
The Minister of Finance has presented a draft amendment to the CIT Act that repeals the so-called hidden dividend regulations. The provisions, aimed to counteract aggressive tax optimisation, were due to come into force on 1 January 2023. However, according to the MF’s draft, they will repealed from the CIT Act before they came into […]
Transfer pricing – proposed changes to tax haven transactions
The rules on indirect tax haven transactions have significantly expanded as of 2021. Due to their huge administrative burden, the legislator proposes their amendment. What is also important is that taxpayers will have the possibility to apply the new regime to transactions and in consequence, Transfer Pricing obligations, for 2021. According to our initial analysis […]
ATAD 3 – The “unshell” directive will be the end of shell companies?
In December 2021, the European Commission published a draft of the EU Directive (2021/0434 (CNS)), also known as ATAD 3, which introduces restrictions on preferences for multinational groups that include entities with limited business substance. The directive establishes restrictions on the use of tax preferences and provides for information obligations for taxpayers. The entities covered […]
Changes in CIT Act
A proposition of amended CIT regulations was presented by Ministry of Finance. As of 1 January 2023, the planned changes are about to come into force. Withdrawal of “hidden dividend” regulations One of the most important changes is withdrawal of hidden dividend regulations which was to be introduced within Polish Deal 1.0. Hidden dividend means […]
Polish Deal 2.0 – Tax changes from 1 July 2022
Tax changes introduced as of 1 January 2022 (the so-called Polish Deal) have caused major uncertainties when calculating salaries for employees. For this reason, the Ministry of Finance decided to introduce new legislation which aims at simplifying tax settlements. Tax changes are already in force and will apply to settlements as of the beginning of […]
The obligatory KSeF as of 2024
The EU draft decision issued on June 10, 2022, says that the obligatory KSeF will be implemented in Poland from 2024 at the earliest. What’s important? the obligation of electronic invoicing will cover all transactions made by taxpayers based in Poland, which currently require issuing an invoice in accordance with the Polish VAT Act; the […]
Withholding tax – first WHT opinions issued by the authorities
As of 1 January 2022 the repeatedly deferred mechanism of withholding tax collection and refund (“pay and refund”) came into force. Consequently, in general tax remitter will no longer be entitled to automatically apply WHT preferences, but will be obliged to withhold tax at the statutory rate. Only then he may apply for tax refund. […]
The new VAT-R form
Please be informed that from July 1, 2022, the new version of the VAT-R form will come into force – variant 16 – the form necessary for VAT registration purposes. The change is a consequence of, among others amendment to the Polish VAT Act implementing a new type of VAT taxpayer, which from July 1, […]
Cancellation of the epidemic state – what about taxes?
On May 16, 2022, the Covid epidemic state in Poland was revoked and replaced with a state of epidemic threat. This may affect the taxpayers tax settlements, in particular in the field of PIT, CIT and VAT. Some of the simplifications introduced on the basis of the so-called Anti-crisis Shield will cease to apply from […]