tax advisory

Recently, the tax offices have been more into withholding tax, which results in a growing number of inspections of how this tax is being settled. Even though new withholding tax regulations have been in force for nearly a year now, they seem to remain quite problematic both for remitters and taxpayers. What appears to be most difficult?

At present, the tax authorities are becoming increasingly interested in taxable permanent establishments of foreign enterprises in Poland. The tax authorities are taking a close look at them, because it affects the place of taxation of the income earned by a given enterprise.

Article 15e, in force until the end of 2021, limited the taxpayer’s right to treat expenses on intangible services purchased from related parties as tax-deductible costs. This provision caused many concerns, and it seems that they continue despite the fact that the said provision has been repealed…

At the start of the pandemic, both the state and local governments took a number of steps to contain the spread of COVID-19. The decisions taken had an impact on the operation of state institutions and the consideration of citizens’ affairs. Under the so-called covid act (and the number of its subsequent amendments), some time limits stipulated in administrative law have been suspended. This provision, although in force for only a few months, raised many doubts. One of them has recently been dispelled by the Supreme Administrative Court.

In one of the episodes of our series “Courts on the side of taxable persons, i.e. an overview of true stories ” we wrote about the instrumental initiation of criminal and fiscal proceedings by tax authorities. Such proceedings are used by the tax office to prevent tax liabilities becoming time-barred. Today we will go to the root of the problem, i.e. we will tell you why the tax authorities must prevent statute of limitations in this way at all. Here are a few words about delaying tax cases.

As of January 2018, new rules have been in force on the so-called minimum tax on commercial real estate. The Ministry of Finance is currently working on the introduction of changes to that tax, which are the result of consultations between the Polish government and the European Commission (hereinafter: EC).