The introduction of the domestic minimum top-up tax into Polish legal system is associated with the entry into force of the Act of 6 November 2024 (GloBE Act) on the top-up taxation for constituent entities of multinational and domestic groups. The GloBE Act introduces a regime for top-up taxation (at a minimum rate of 15%)…
The Act of 6 November 2024 on the top-up taxation of constituent entities of multinational and domestic groups (GloBE Act) introduces a global minimum tax system (at least 15%) at the jurisdiction level. Under the GloBE Act, entities belonging to multinational and domestic groups – with consolidated revenues exceeding €750 million in at least 2…
In 2025, WHT taxpayers will face some changes – among them, we will find new versions of the IFT-2R and CIT-10Z forms, concerning the foreign income of taxpayers earned from January 1, 2024. Comparing the new structure of the forms with the previous version will certainly make it easier to complete them, especially since many…
According to the presidential memorandum (dated January 20, 2025) directed to the Secretary of the Treasury and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the OECD, the United States is withdrawing from the Global Tax Deal. Therefore, the GloBE system will not apply in the United States. Does this mean that the GloBE system is no longer…
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…