The tax on shifted income was intended to protect the Polish tax base from transfers income to tax havens. Initially, the regulations covered both domestic and cross-border payments, but after one year of being in force, the scope of the tax was limited to payments to non-residents only. This change has effectively become a time…
The Act of 6 November 2024 on Top-up Taxation of Constituent Entities of Multinational and Domestic Groups [GloBE Act] introduces a tax regime of minimum taxation of at least 15% of all group entities in one jurisdiction. Under the GloBE Act, constituent entities of domestic and multinational enterprise [MNE] groups – with consolidated revenues exceeding…
A number of significant and, in some cases, even revolutionary changes introduced in the tax legislation from 2025 require taxpayers to prepare carefully for their proper implementation. Particular attention is required to review the fixed asset records for real estate tax declarations and to adapt their classification to the new definitions. Taxpayers should also adapt…
In recent days, the Ministry of Finance has published two general rulings relating to some of the conditions for the exemption from withholding tax of dividend and interest payments. These rulings are important, but are they groundbreaking? How will the existing practice of the authorities and courts change? In the first part, we are going…
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…
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…
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…
The local minimum income tax payable in 2025 will be calculated for the first time on the basis of the tax results achieved in 2024, and although there is still some time left before this deadline, taxpayers are already checking whether they will be subject to tax on the basis of historical data. One of…
As a rule, the tax year for minimum tax is the calendar year. The legislation also allows taxpayers to amend this period depending on the decision expressed, inter alia, in the company’s articles of association. However, even in this situation, the tax year generally comprises twelve consecutive calendar months. In certain circumstances, this period may…
On 5 October, the Act of 1 October 2024 amending the Act on special solutions related to flood recovery and certain other acts [Amendment Act] entered into force. Donations for flood relief with no impact on minimum income tax Newly introduced article 1(25) of the Amendment Act provides that for the purposes of calculating the…