The Sejm adopted the law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens

Yesterday, the Sejm adopted a law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with an armed conflict on the territory of that country. The Act contains, in particular, the following solutions: I. Work and social matters Stay legal stay in Poland for 18 months for people who came directly from Ukraine and declared their intention

Action plans for the citizens of Ukraine

The government announces support plans for Ukrainian citizens and tax preferences for individual supporters Assumptions of the draft law The list of legislative works includes the assumptions of the draft law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with an armed conflict in the territory of that state. According to the information, the act is

Judgments: retroactive deprecation and non-taxation on liability’s expiration

Today we present you two very important rulings of the Supreme Administrative Court from the past week. Retrospective reduction of depreciation rates The taxpayer (company) had a number of fixed assets. Due to the incurred tax losses, the company considered the possibility of lowering the depreciation rates also for the previous years, taking into account

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“SLIM VAT 3” package – proposals of the Ministry of Finance

Today, the Ministry of Finance published the proposed amendments to the act on tax on goods and services – the so-called “SLIM VAT 3” package. This is another edition of the Ministry’s action, aimed at preparing packages of changes that make it easier for entrepreneurs to settle VAT. Thanks to them, Polish VAT is to

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Judgment: “exit tax” does not apply to private property of natural persons

In accordance with the provisions of the PIT Act: taxation with the tax on income from unrealized profits (“exit tax”) is subject to, inter alia, transfer of an asset outside the territory of Poland, as a result of which Poland loses the right to tax income from the sale of this asset, while the transferred

Judgment: undocumented costs are tax non-deductible

The taxpayer purchased a number of intangible services (advertising / market research / advisory services), which he classified as tax-deductible costs in CIT. Tax authorities ruled on their exclusion from tax-deductible costs due to the lack of documentation confirming their performance. The decision was appealed against to the District Administrative Court in Gliwice. The taxpayer

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Christmas wishes

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General interpretation – participatory exemption, general partnerships and limited partnerships

The Minister of Finance issued a general interpretation (sign. DD5.8203.2.2021) regarding the application of the so-called “participatory exemption” of income (profits) obtained from participation in the profits of general partnerships and limited partnerships which are CIT taxpayers (pol. spółka komandytowa and Spółka jawna). The Minister stated that this exemption may apply to income (profits) generated

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Judgment: indication of the fixed asset symbol as part of the individual interpretation

The Supreme Administrative Court in its judgment of 9th December 2021 (sign. II FSK 672/19) ruled that the Director of the National Tax Information should define the Fixed Assets Classifications symbol as part of an individual interpretation, but does not have to consult statistical authorities for this purpose. The taxpayer wanted to ask the authority

“Transfer” of real estate between the spouses’ business assets

In business practice, it often happens that the spouses are co-owners of real estate, e.g. commercial premises. If one of them conducts economic activity, then he enters this real estate into his register of fixed assets. But what if the other spouse also becomes an entrepreneur, and the common will is that such a fixed