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If the goods are supplied only between two VAT taxpayers, i.e. the seller and the buyer, and the goods are shipped or transported from one EU country to another EU country (or to a non-EU country), the rules for settling VAT are generally simple. As a rule, there is an intra-Community supply of goods (ICS) in the country of dispatch, and an intra-Community acquisition of goods (ICA) in the country of goods’ destination, respectively. And when the destination is an non-EU country there is an export of goods in the country of dispatch and import of goods in the country of the goods’ destination accordingly.

Are you a foreign entrepreneur considering purchase of real estate in Poland? In such a case, it is worth finding out about the VAT consequences of making such a purchase. The key issue from the buyer’s perspective is to determine whether the purchase price of the property includes VAT, and if so, whether and how you can recover it.

The legislature has exempted taxpayers from paying the minimum income tax for the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. However, the exemption in question will cease to apply from January 1, 2024. Therefore, you should check whether the minimum income tax – in less than 3 months – will start to apply to you.  

As of January 1, 2024, the rules for taxing income from the redemption, repurchase, redemption or otherwise annihilation of equity fund units will change. Currently, tax on the disposal of equity fund participation titles is settled in a lump sum under Article 30a of the PIT Law. Learn more from the article.

On September 28, 2023. The Ministry of Finance published draft WHT clarifications (hereinafter: “Draft Clarifications”). The Draft Explanation focuses on the issue of the beneficial owner of receivables (“beneficial owner”). This is the second draft of the WHT clarifications, as the 2019 version of the previous document, due to numerous postponements of its entry into force and amendments to the said regulations, was not published as a final document.

Although the law introducing the mandatory National System of e-Invoices (KSeF) for most taxpayers will generally come into force as of July 1, 2024, as an exception, some of the provisions are already in force as of September 1 this year. Given that these provisions regulate important issues from the point of view of correct documentation of transactions in terms of, among other things, the issuance of correction invoices and advance payment invoices, taxpayers should already familiarize themselves with the changes.

The ruling in question concerns the lease of real estate together with permanently installed equipment and facilities. This issue may have significant practical implications. For example, if it is assumed that the lease/rental of real estate and equipment are separate activities, this may lead to the need to split the tax base into an exempt part (if the lease/rental enjoys an exemption) and a VAT-taxed part (to the extent of the right to use the equipment).

The VAT treatment of so-called gratuitous benefits for private purposes of employees still raises various controversies. In practice, it happens that taxpayers who have doubts in this regard decide to “simplify” by both deducting VAT from purchase invoices and charging this tax on the gratuitous transfer of purchased services to employees. In the ruling in question, however, the SAC disagreed with this approach proposed by the taxpayer.