MDDP strengthens the VAT team

The world of VAT is a dynamic one in which change is the only constant. New settlement rules, the National e-Invoicing System (KSeF), the European Commission’s planned regulations resulting from the VAT in the Digital Age project, changes resulting from CJEU case law and Polish administrative courts’ judgements – these are just some of the challenges that taxpayers have to deal with on a daily basis or at least from time to time. In view of the continuing and rapidly growing importance of VAT, MDDP is strengthening its advisory team in this area, a team that is already one of the largest and most important ones on the Polish advisory market. As of 2 April 2024, an experienced VAT expert, Dr Paweł Selera, joined the VAT Team at MDDP.

Dr Paweł Selera has almost 20 years of experience in the area of taxes. What is particularly important, he gained it both in the consulting industry (in Germany and Poland, also at MDDP) and at the Ministry of Finance, where he headed the VAT Department for several years.  During this time, he was responsible for the preparation and implementation of a number of solutions such as a set of regulations simplifying and modernising VAT settlements (the so-called SLIM VAT), regulations implementing – after many years of delay – the construction of VAT groups and the option to tax financial services, or the particularly complicated e-commerce package, etc. Most recently, he was responsible for the legislative part of the KSeF implementation project.

Dr. Paweł Selera has a very extensive regulatory experience not only in the area of drafting Polish legislation – he was also involved in the work preparing amendments to the Directive and EU implementing provisions, and participated in the work of the Council of the European Union and the VAT Committee. He represented Poland in the work of the OECD and also before the CJEU.

Tomasz Michalik, CEO and head of the VAT team at MDDP:

“We are delighted that Paweł is returning to MDDP after many years. We know him well and know that he is a high-calibre tax adviser, an expert in VAT especially in the area of international trade and financial services. These are areas that are extremely important to our clients. And his several years as head of the VAT Department at the Ministry of Finance means that he has an absolutely unique set of experiences combining the perspective of the taxpayer and the tax administration. His knowledge of KSeF and also his comprehensive experience from business and the public sector is a tremendous advisory asset that will greatly enrich the VAT team at MDDP”.