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Obligation To File VAT Tax Returns To Go Away

The Finance Ministery revealed in an interview that the institution plans to get rid of the obligation for Polish companies to file VAT tax returns. In the tax returns, taxpayers showcase their transactions involving VAT tax settlement. Today, the document has to be submitted to the competent tax office on a monthly or quarterly basis. Failure to comply may result in losing one’s VAT number, i.e. being deregistered as Read more

Receiving VAT tax refunds will be quicker

Polish Ministry of Finance instructed tax offices all around the country not to delay refunds of goods and services tax if the right for a refund is well-grounded and raises no doubts. According to the provisions of the goods and services tax act of 11 March 2004 which are currently in effect, tax officials have 60 days to verify whether a taxpayer is entitled to such refund.   Recently, officials from the Ministry of Finance send out a note to tax offices highlighting the need to pay out Read more

Polish Post Announces Big Investment Plans

The big investment plans include one billion PLN – that is the amount that Poczta Polska (Polish Post), a Polish national postal operator, plans to spend on the creation of a new logistics center near the city of Łódź. The investment plans also include three new mail sorting facilities and 54 new trains. The news was announced in a special press conference attended by the Minister of Infrastructure and Construction Andrzej Adamczyk. Polish Post is even considering creating its own fleet of Read more

It’s Worth It To Be A Part of Investors In Poland

Foreign companies that conduct business activities of investors in Poland earned 18.8 billion euros last year. It was the biggest income in history, generated by investors who had created their enterprises from scratch or had taken over companies or banks existing here. In the last four quarters, the income grew by an additional 140 million. Each 100 euros invested made a profit of 8.4 euros. In absolute terms, this Read more

Work on a ban on Sunday trade under way

Polish legislators are working hard preparing a new bill introducing a ban on Sunday trade. In short, policymakers want to close most of shops, stores, supermarkets or malls. The initiative was brought forward by “Solidarity” labour union, who demand free Sundays for all people employed in trade. Sundays should be time for family, not work, they argue. The changes are also looked favourably upon by the Catholic Church. Hierarchs believe working on Sunday is a sin and a blow to family life. Read more

Europe’s Biggest Car Battery Plant Will Be In Poland

Polish Govt and Korean company LG Chem announced in a press conference this week the corporation’s plans to open a plant of battery plant to produce batteries for electric vehicles in Poland. The factory is to be the biggest such facility in Europe and offer batteries to top European carmakers. It is going to be located in a special economic zone Kostrzenice near Wrocław, a city in the west of Poland. The new factory is to produce 100,000 batteries from this car battery plant in a year and e Read more
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