Year end – a good time to switch to Estonian CIT The turn of the year is the optimal time to decide whether or not to take advantage of the increasingly popular tax relief, commonly referred to as the ‘Estonian CIT‘. Why is Estonian CIT becoming increasingly popular? Estonian...

Settlement of 2023 tax on shifted profits is just around the corner CIT payers with calendar year as their tax year  may be obliged to settle the tax on shifted profits in their CIT return for 2023 by 1 April 2024. The tax on shifted profits  applies to certain payments of passive...

January 2, 2024 expires the deadline for the publication of the tax strategy report for the 2022 tax year Who is obliged? The obligation to publish a tax strategy report applies to tax groups and taxpayers with revenues exceeding EUR 50 M in 2022. In addition to the publication...

Polish local minimum income tax will apply from 1 January 2024 From 1 January 2024, the minimum corporate income tax provisions will take effect again. The 10% minimum tax will apply to companies with Polish tax residency and domestic tax capital groups that in the tax year: suffered...

Withholding tax – Ministry of Finance consults the draft of official guidelines On 28 September 2023, the draft of the official clarifications on withholding tax [Draft] was published. The Draft refers to the beneficial owner criteria, which includes, inter alia, the condition of...

Changes in cross-border and domestic reorganizations On September 15th, 2023 an amendment to the Polish Commercial Companies Code came into force, introducing new types of domestic and cross-border reorganizations. Following the amendment, changes to income tax acts and Tax Ordinance...

Higher amount of exemption for financing meals for employees On September 1, 2023 the Regulation of the Minister of Family and Social Policy came into force, amending the Regulation on detailed rules for determining the basis for pension and disability contributions. According to...

Deposit Refund System – a revolution for now The introduction of a deposit refund system in Poland is a huge financial and logistical challenge that awaits entrepreneurs in the coming years. What will change? The deposit refund system is a way to collect used beverage packaging...

Repeal of the state of epidemic emergency – impact on transfer pricing obligations Since the lifting of the state of emergency in Poland, many regulations and procedures related to transfer pricing have taken on a new dimension. In a previous alert dated 20 June, our experts...

Inheritance and donation tax – new tax free limits as of July 1, 2023 As of July 1, 2023, the inheritance and donations tax-free amounts [idt][1] for each tax group will increase. At the same time, the controversial “charitable collections tax”, which was also due to apply from...

Repeal of the state of epidemic emergency – tax implications On 1 July 2023, the state of epidemic emergency will be repealed in Poland. This follows from the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 14 June 2023 on the repeal of the state of epidemic emergency within the territory...

Slim VAT 3 – what changes await taxpayers from 1 July 2023? The amendment to the VAT Act [i.e., the Act of 26 May 2023 amending the VAT Act and certain other acts (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1059)] commonly referred to as the SLIM VAT 3 package has been published in the Journal...

Doubts over TP statement dispelled! No possibility to submit a TP statement – announcement The Ministry of Finance has indicated in today’s announcement that until the new versions of the TPR-C and TPR-P forms are published, the applicable template for the TPR Information filed...

Resuming reporting of domestic tax schemes During the May holidays on May 2, 2023, the Ministry of Health published a draft regulation according to which the state of epidemic threat will be cancelled on July 1 of this year. From this day on, the suspension of deadlines for reporting...

New rules for appealing against the decisions of tax authorities in force from July 1, 2023 From July 1, 2023, significant changes will come into force regarding the rules for lodging appeals against the decisions of the first instance issued by the Heads of Tax and Customs Offices....