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Withholding a PESEL number
Since 17 November, Polish citizens have the possibility to withhold their PESEL number in the national register. This is intended to prevent the unauthorised use of personal data when taking out loans and to prevent various forms of crime and fraud. Currently, the PESEL number can be secured via the...
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New regulation regarding employee participation in a newly established company resulting from cross-border transformations, mergers, or divisions of companies
As of September 15, 2023, new regulations have come into effect, determining forms of employee participation in a company created as a result of cross-border transformations, mergers, or divisions of companies. This affects the Act of May 26, 2023, on employee participation in a company created as a result of...
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Amendment to the Code of Commercial Companies
On August 22, 2023, the President signed the Act of August 16, 2023, amending the Commercial Companies Code and certain other acts. The Act came into force on September 15, 2023, introducing numerous important changes related to the reorganization of companies, both domestically and internationally. The changes implemented in the...
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State of epidemic emergency cancellation and MDR deadlines
We would like to inform you that as of 1st of July 2023, the state of epidemic emergency related to SARS-CoV-2 virus infections on the territory of the Republic of Poland will be lifted. We point out that the revocation of the epidemic emergency has important implications on the ground...
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Extended deadline for filing ORD-U information
Please be advised that, based on the Ordinance of the Minister of Finance dated 16 February 2023 amending the Ordinance of the Minister of Finance of 24 December 2002 on tax information, the deadline for filing the Information on Agreements concluded with non-residents (ORD-U) will be extended. According to the...
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Deadline for submission of information by real estate companies and their partners
We would like to remind you of the upcoming deadline for the obligation to submit certain information regarding real estate companies for 2022 to the competent tax authorities (for most taxpayers, the deadline is 31 March 2023). The entities obliged to submit the information are real estate companies and PIT/CIT...
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Property development companies vs. real estate companies
According to the recently presented position of the Director of the National Revenue Information, a real estate developer engaged in the construction of residential and non-residential buildings and their sale may be deemed a real estate company on the grounds of income tax regulations, thus resulting in the obligation to...
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Thin capitalization – regulations are still unclear
How to correctly settle the costs of debt financing? Unfortunately, there is still no clear answer to this question. The current regulations in this regard are unclear and the interpretations of administrative bodies – contradictory. In 2018, Article 15c was introduced in the CIT Act to limit excessive debt financing....
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e-Delivery to come into force on October 5, 2021
Originally, the Electronic Delivery Act (e-Delivery) was scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2021, but due to organizational difficulties resulting from COVID-19 pandemic constraints, it was decided to change this date. The law, as amended, goes into effect on October 5, 2021. However, this date does not create...
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Simple public limited company (PSA) from 1 July 2021. – Advantages and disadvantages, how to set up.
Basic features of a simple public limited company As of 1st of July 2021, instead of 1st of March 2021 as initially planned, amendments to the Code of Commercial Companies came into force, which resulted in the expansion of the existing catalog of capital companies and the appearance in legal...
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