The performance of a Polish permanent establishment of a foreign company may be relevant for the national minimum tax

A Polish branch of a foreign company that is a permanent establishment may be part of a group and benefit from a preferential tax rate on income from qualified intellectual property rights. 18 July 2022. The Director of the National Fiscal Information [KIS Director] issued an tax ruling[1] in which wase confirmed that a foreign…

“Omnia sunt interpretanda”? A family foundation – always such a challenge, is it really?

Family foundation it is something that has not been known to Polish legal system until May 2023. As a family foundation is generally exempt from income tax, this exemption is the one that stirs up the most emotion. For this reason, potential founders or existing foundations seek to confirm the tax consequences in private letters…

Departure from the look-through approach in withholding tax by the Polish tax authorities

Since May 2024 this year, the Director of the National Tax Information has issued several individual tax rulings changing the hitherto relatively uniform line of interpretation of the look-through approach (LTA) in withholding tax. The LTA consists of disregarding the formal recipients of payments or intermediaries, attributing the tax consequences of the payment to the…

How AI is changing the work of tax authorities and impacting taxpayers?

Automation of tax processes using artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly common among businesses as well as tax authorities. Tax authorities are benefiting from the technological revolution From the perspective of tax authorities, AI first and foremost allows for more efficient analysis of the vast amounts of data received from taxpayers. This allows for faster…