Publications - Tax
Poland allows the creation of VAT groups from 1 January 2023
The new regulation facilitates management and may have a positive impact on financial liquidity in the capital group, whereas administrative activities related to the functioning of the VAT group are limited.
Ukraine: tax preferences for companies in Poland providing humanitarian aid in the wake of the refugee crisis
On March 12 2022 the Act on aid to citizens of Ukraine in connection with armed conflict on the territory of this country came into force. The special purpose act, in addition to regulating a number of issues related to the refugee’s stay in Poland…
Donations to Ukraine: a review of the corporate income tax treatment in Spain and Poland
Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, many companies have been making donations to support relief efforts following the invasion. In this commentary we review the main corporate income tax implications of these donations for Spanish or Polish…
Significant changes to taxation affecting companies and individuals under the Polish New Deal
On 8 September, the Polish Government referred to the Parliament (Parliamentary document No 1532) a proposal for extensive changes concerning, among other things, tax law, and affecting the tax situation of both foreign investors and domestic…
New Financial Shield 2.0 of the Polish Development Fund
The president has just signed a new Financial Shield to help entrepreneurs most affected by the second wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The call for electronic applications is planned for the second half of January 2021. The amount of aid planned is…
Poland: Changes in corporate income tax (CIT) for 2021
The Finance Ministry has published a bill of amendment to the laws governing corporate income tax (bill of September 15, 2020). The bill states that corporate income tax will start being levied on limited partnerships, and places new obligations on…
Shield 4.0 as the last part of the economic protection system during a pandemic
On May 20, 2020, the Polish government adopted the fourth and final package of anti-crisis solutions known as "Shield 4.0".
Polish Government’s tax response to fight COVID-19 pandemic
The special “protective shield” act implemented by the Polish Parliament, which came into force on April 1st, offers a wide range of possible measures provided as countermeasures to the COVID-19 epidemic.
The Polish Act on counteracting COVID-19 entered into force
On 31 March, 2020 an amendment to the Act on specific solutions related to the preventing, counteracting and combating COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them, together with other acts (the “Act”) entered…
COVID-19: possibility of obtaining deferral (or even remittance) of tax liabilities
The announcement of an epidemiological emergency on the territory of Poland prompted the Polish government to develop special solutions to support the economy.
Poland implements new rules for making payments to VAT taxpayers
Starting from November 1st 2019, Poland has implemented new rules for making payments to VAT taxpayers under which in particular cases the amount of VAT must be paid to the separate bank account of the supplier (so called split-payment). The…
New withholding tax (WHT) procedures in Poland
As of 1 July 2019, additional requirements will take effect for an exemption or preferential rate for withholding tax. The newly introduced formal requirements could mean an increase in costs of services purchased in cross-border transactions, which…