COVID-19: Poland extends the deadline for local transfer pricing documentation
On 17 April 2020, the President signed the law on special aid instruments in connection with the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, or the so-called Anti-Crisis Shield 2.0. Under the law, the deadline for submitting local transfer pricing
See MoreCOVID-19: Poland extends income tax filing deadline until 31 May 2020
On 25 March 2020, the Ministry of Finance announced that the deadlines for submitting CIT-8 returns by corporate taxpayers and paying the corporate tax due for 2019 for all taxpayers are extended until 31 May 2020. For taxpayers that have only
See MorePoland: Council of Ministers submit ATAD2 hybrid mismatch measures to parliament
On 5 February 2020, Poland's Council of Ministers submitted some tax measures in parliament including the hybrid mismatch measures of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive as amended (ATAD2). ATAD2 would address tax avoidance through hybrid
See MorePoland: Administrative Court allows expenditure on intra-group services
On 6 February 2020, Polish Administrative Court (the “Court”) issued its decision on a transfer pricing case regarding Poland vs Shared Service Center. A shared service center (SSC) in Poland both provided intra-group services to the group
See MorePoland publishes decree deferring new withholding tax requirement to 1 July 2020
On 30 December 2019, a decree was published in the Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland, which further postponed the application of the most important change to the new withholding tax system (WHT). According to the decree, withholding
See MorePoland publishes a law implementing EU directive on dispute resolution and new provisions on APAs
On 14 November 2019, Poland published the Law of 26 October 2019 on resolution of disputes over double taxation and the execution of advance pricing agreements (the “Act”), which generally entered into force on 29 November 2019. The law
See MorePoland: Council of Ministers adopts draft budget law for 2020
On 24 September 2019, the Poland Council of Ministers adopted the draft budget law for 2020. For the first time since 1989, there will be no deficit in the budget. The 2020 Budget changes the following tax measures on personal income tax; Tax
See MorePoland: Ministry of Finance publishes a draft bill to implement EU ATAD 2 anti-hybrid measures
On 23 August 2019, the Poland Ministry of Finance released a draft bill outlining several provisions to implement EU ATAD 2 anti-hybrid measures. The main purpose of implementing the anti-hybrid measures is to counteract the situation of double
See MorePoland publishes explanatory note addressing transfer pricing comparability analyses
On 19 June 2019, Poland Ministry of Finance published an explanatory note addressing transfer pricing comparability analyses. Accordingly, database for comparables could be selected locally, regionally, or even globally by considering
See MorePoland publishes law amending CbC reporting rules
On 15 April 2019, Poland published the Act of 4 April 2019 amending the Act on the exchange of tax information with other countries and certain other acts including Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting rules. Under this, if a group prepares its
See MorePoland: Government publishes draft bill introducing simplified APA procedure
On 22 March 2019, Poland’s legislative centre published a draft bill that addresses dispute resolution of double taxation issues and advance pricing agreements (APAs). Under this taxpayers will be benefited from the new procedure on Simplified
See MorePoland: President signed an act including amendment of TP measures effective in 2019
On 14 November 2018, President of Poland signed an act including amendment of transfer pricing measures effective in 2019. The new laws repeal the Article 9a of the CIT Act regarding transfer pricing, which is being replaced by Chapter 1a,
See MorePoland: Parliament passes tax reform bill for 2019 including MDR
On 26 October 2018, the upper house of the Polish Parliament (the Senate) adopted the draft bill introducing far-reaching changes to the Polish tax law, including European Union (EU) Mandatory Disclosure Rules (MDR). The main difference of the
See MoreJapan: Tax authorities publishes the synthesized text with Israel, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden and the UK
Recently, the Japanese tax authorities published the synthesized text of the Japanese tax treaties with Israel, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom (UK) as modified by the MLI. The synthesized text reflects the agreement
See MorePoland updates TP reporting regime
The Polish Ministry of Finance has announced on the e-Deklaracje website interactive forms to be used as transfer pricing (TP) reports. Beginning 1 January 2017, taxpayers that transacted or engaged in other operations with related parties of a
See MorePoland: Ministry of Finance declares key changes under 2019 tax reform
Poland’s Ministry of Finance announced, significant changes in the tax law are planned in Poland as of 2019. The Ministry announced the following key measures, among others: Stricter conditions for the application of withholding tax exemption
See MorePoland releases draft law amending transfer pricing rules
On 16th July 2018, Poland has released a bill to amend the country's transfer pricing rules in line with the results of the BEPS project and the OECD transfer pricing guidelines 2017 in order to improve the taxation of large multinational companies.
See MorePoland: Parliament enacts draft bill regarding supporting new investments
The lower chamber of the parliament enacted a draft bill regarding Supporting New Investments ( Ustawa o wspieraniu nowych inwestycji ) on 10th May 2018. The draft law will be presented to the higher chamber after some amendments. According to the
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