Taxpayers who show a tax overpayment, if they do not have any arrears or current tax liabilities, have the possibility to request that it be refunded or credited to “future taxes”. This is indicated by Article 76 § 1 of the Tax Ordinance, according to which: “Overpayments, together with their interest, shall be credited ex

We present below a short summary of the most important changes in tax/business law and practice in June. Legislation The Act amending the VAT Act (the “SLIM VAT 3”) package was published in the “Journal of Laws” (item 1059). The Decree on the cancellation of the state of epidemic emergency in the territory of the

The Ministry of Finance has published a draft of broad amendments to the Tax Ordinance. For the time being, the draft is at the stage of the so-called pre-consultation. Due to the end of the parliamentary term, it is not certain whether these changes will be adopted in the coming months. Below, we present a

On 16 June this year, the Decree of the Minister of Health of 14 June 2023 on the cancellation of the state of epidemic emergency in Poland came into force. It specifies that, as of 1 July this year, the state of epidemic emergency in connection with SARS-CoV-2 infections is cancelled. This long-awaited act means

Sustainable development and environmental protection – these are the goals that the European Union has on its banners. It pursues them through the implementation of ambitious solutions to help minimize the harmful impact of humans on the planet, thus promoting a closed-loop economy. One of the ways to realize these goals is the Single-Use Plastic

One of the more interesting reliefs in the Polish tax system is the so-called housing relief, which allows individuals to ‘save’ on taxes in a situation where they sell a property they own and use the proceeds from this transaction to realize a housing purpose. In practice, however, this relief is associated with a number

Can the tax on civil law transactions (TCLT, sometimes also functioning as stamp duty) be a tax-deductible cost? When formulating the answer to such a question, as is very often the case in taxation, the answer is – it depends. General principles According to Article 15 sec. 1 of the Polish CIT Act, tax-deductible costs

On 10th May 2023, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Regulation was adopted. This means that as of 1st October 2023, new quarterly reporting obligations await entrepreneurs related to the need to determine the level of emissions associated with the production and transportation of imported products listed in the Regulation, or to determine their origin. 

We present below a short summary of the most important changes in tax law and tax practice in April: Legislation A draft of a new Decree on exempting certain types of vertical agreements from the prohibition of restrictive agreements has been published on the pages of the Government Legislation Center – it is based on