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One Stop Shop (OSS) system and changes to VAT
Until now, all e-commerce companies from the EU that sell goods to other EU countries, after exceeding a certain sales threshold (depending on the country the threshold ranges from 35,000.00 EUR to 100,000.00 EUR) were obliged to register and pay tax in the country of the buyer. The European Commission... Read More →
General ruling regarding classification of transactions carried out with the use of fuel cards for VAT purposes
On 15 February 2021 the Polish Minister of Finance issued a general ruling regarding classification of transactions carried out with the use of fuel cards for VAT purposes. It affects the settlement of VAT. The ruling applies only to three-party transactions where the card is provided by an intermediary entity... Read More →
SLIM VAT – Change in the rules from 1 January 2021 regarding domestic negative credit notes with Polish VAT of sales and purchase invoices – Examples
Our Customer Relation department, in cooperation with the Accounting department, has prepared the following explanation of the changes to Polish Slim VAT regulations. On 1 January 2021, the so-called SLIM VAT (Simple, Local And Modern VAT) came into force, introducing changes with regard to the settlement of negative credit notes.... Read More →
Changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities from 1 January 2021
On 1 January 2021, amendments to the regulations in accordance with the decrees of the Minister of Finance, Development Funds and Regional Policy of 28 December 2020 came into force. (Polish Journal of Laws of 2020, item 2456). Thus, the scope jurisdiction of the tax authorities in relation to taxpayers... Read More →
Tax limits in Poland in 2021
In 2021, current income limits concerning inter alia status of small-business enterprises: Small-business enterprises (mały podatnik) for PIT / CIT: 9,031,000.00 PLN. Small-business enterprises (mały podatnik) for VAT: 5,418,000.00 PLN. Income limit that entitles lump-sum of taxation of recognised income will increase in 2021 to 2,000,000.00 EUR, which corresponds to... Read More →
Transfer prices in Polen – Documentation thresholds 2021
The taxpayer is required to prepare local transfer pricing documentation for a controlled transaction of a homogeneous nature whose value, less value added tax, exceeds the following documentation thresholds in the financial year: 10,000,000.00 PLN – in the case of a commodity transaction, 10,000,000.00 PLN – in the case of... Read More →
The tightening of the rules on documentation of intra-Community supplies of goods – changed regulations
We would like to point out from 1st July 2020 the changed regulations for intra-Community delivery of goods came into force. According to the current wording of Article 42(1)(1) of the Polish VAT Act, intra-Community supplies of goods are taxed at 0%. This is provided that the taxable person makes... Read More →
“Anti-Crisis Shield 4.0” – support for Polish entrepreneurs
We regularly inform you about successive governmental bills referred to as “anti-crisis shields”. On 31st March 2020 this year the Anti-crisis shield 1.0. was adopted and entered into force on the very same day. On 18th April 2020 the Anti-crisis shield 2.0. entered into force. On 16th May 2020 the... Read More →
Since 1 July 2020 a new matrix of VAT rates has been applied
Pursuant to the Act of 9 August 2019 amending the Value Added Tax and several other acts (Journal of Laws of 2019 item 1751, 2200 and of 2020, item 568), since 1 July 2020 a new matrix of VAT rates has been applied. Once in force, the Polish Classification of... Read More →
“Anti-Crisis Shield 3.0” – support for Polish entrepreneurs
We regularly inform you about successive governmental bills referred to as “Anti-Crisis Shields”. On 31st March this year the Anti-Crisis Shield 1.0 was adopted and entered into force on the very same day. On 18th April the Anti-Crisis Shield 2.0 entered into force. On 28-29th April 2020 further drafts were... Read More →
