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Repeal of the state of epidemic emergency – tax implications On 1 July 2023, the state of epidemic emergency will be repealed in Poland.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....

The deadline for ORD-U (information on contracts concluded with non-residents) is moved to end of 11th month following the end of tax year The Finance Minister’s Decree of March 6, 2023 (Journal of Laws 2023, item 422) amended the the Finance Minister’s Decree of December...

Change of the form of business activity taxation Natural persons earning income from business activity – as sole proprietors, as well as partners in some partnerships – should consider the effectiveness of the current form of taxation in the context of its change for 2023. Exceptionally,...

31 January 2023 the reconciling WHOSC statement is due Withholding tax remitters  who in 2022 made payments to the same taxpayer after filing the first WH-OSC statement without deduction of withholding tax or with deduction at a reduced rate, are required to file the reconciling ...

VAT rates and selected changes in excise duty rates in 2023 Please be advised that legal acts indicating which goods and services will still be subject to reduced VAT rates in 2023 have recently been published. The changes also applies to excise duty rates and exemptions from excise...