It is a truth commonly acknowledged that related-party settlements have been scrutinized by tax authorities for several years. In 2022, more than 500 transfer pricing controls were taking place: 370 were completed and 242 were pending. In 2022 alone, the amount of additionally estimated income exceeded PLN 1 billion (almost PLN 220m more than in…
Justyna Bauta-Szostak and Bartosz Głowacki of MDDP report on the introduction of family foundations in Poland, and how they will be taxed. On January 26 2023, the lower house of the Polish parliament, the Sejm, passed the Family Foundation Act, which will enter into force in May 2023. The purpose of a family foundation, which…
Pursuant to today’s judgment of the CJEU in case C-677/21 Fluvius Antwerpen, unlawful consumption of electricity constitutes a supply of goods for consideration subject to VAT, and a distribution network operator (DSO) charging a fee of compensation on this account acts as a taxable person. In the aforementioned judgment, the CJEU stated that, in its…
Cost optimization-oriented payment management as a controlled transaction Payment management to optimize costs of the payment settlement process using the PoB (payments on behalf) model is a controlled transaction – as stated by the District Administrative Court in Warsaw in the judgment of 10 August 2022 (file ref. III SA/Wa 3029/21). The Court was of…
Over the last few years, activities related to the charging of electric vehicles have given raise to many interpretative doubts whether they should be classified as a supply of goods or a supply of services on the grounds of VAT. These doubts were finally resolved before the Court of Justice of the EU. Facts The…
The introduction of the mandatory KSeF (National e-Invoicing System) will undoubtedly affect all issues related to invoicing, circulation of invoices within organizations or exchange of invoices with contractors. This will also concern self-billing, as invoices issued this way are subject to the obligation of being issued in KSeF, which will involve the necessity to properly…
Remitter’s payment of outstanding social and health insurance contributions in the part in which they should be financed by the employee or contractor does not give rise to income for them within the meaning of Article 11(1) of the PIT Act – the Ministry of Finance has published a general tax ruling On 30 March…
Comparative analysis, also referred to as benchmarking analysis, is basically a key element of a transfer pricing documentation. Its purpose is to demonstrate that a given controlled transaction was made in accordance with the arm’s length principle. A correctly prepared analysis is therefore a security for the taxpayer in case allegations are raised by tax…
Financial institutions more and more often require guarantees when granting financing to enterprises. Entities belonging to capital groups may use intra-group guarantees as an alternative to guarantees from external financial institutions. It is the easiest and fastest way to obtain financing. One option are mutual guarantees: two or more related companies guarantee each other’s liabilities.…
Bartosz Doroszuk of MDDP offers insights on Poland’s new tax legislation on shifted profits, as the implementation deadline looms nearer. The new tax on shifted profits has been implemented via the Polish CIT Act from January 1 2022. Since this tax is settled on annual basis, the upcoming deadline for the annual CIT return would…