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One-Time Use Of The Anti-Tax Avoidance Clause

The anti-tax avoidance clause, introduced in 2016, allows to question of tax benefits obtained through pretended actions leading to decreased taxation. During the nearly a year of the clause being in effect, there was merely one case of proceedings initiated with its use. As the Ministry of Finance explains, the number of proceedings is determined by the short period of time the clause is in force. Due to the fact, it mainly concerns income taxes and it came into effect in the middle of last yea Read more

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Poland

The most famous British royal couple – Prince William and his wife Kate also known as Duke and Duchess – visited Poland this week. They flew to Poland on a diplomacy tour that lasted five days and included Poland as well as Germany. The royals were accompanied by their children: Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Plans for the visit had been announced in March. The short Read more

Taxi Drivers Protests Eesult in Uber Getting More Clients

Taxi drivers protests against unfair competition in the market of city transport took place at the beginning of June in several Polish cities. They called for the government to regulate the legal issues related to the transport of people so that the competition would operate on equal terms. One of the biggest adversaries of regular taxi corporations is Uber. As Zbigniew Wrona from the Poznań Association of Taxi Drivers ex Read more

International Monetary Fund Says Polish Economy Will Remain Strong

International Monetary Fund experts in their annual report on the economic situation and outlook for the Republic of Poland declare that the economy of the country is “operating above potential” and remain positive about its GDP growth in the near future. They also note that the official unemployment rate is record low and the economy is reaping the benefits of hefty funding from the EU. The authors of the re Read more

Samsung Opened Warsaw Innovation Centre

Two weeks ago, an innovation centre was opened in Warsaw, the Samsung Mobile B2B Innovation Centre. What is interesting, this is the first Samsung innovation centre in Europe of this kind. It was created to enable entrepreneurs to get acquainted with the latest solutions from Samsung. Also, the centre is to be a place of meeting and integration of the representatives of business and Samsung’s R&D centre staff. Company managers hope for increased engagement of the Polish branch of R&D o Read more

NYT: Poland Is Likely To Be The Next Rich Nation

Last week’s visit of the President of the United States Donald Trump and his wife Melania has put Poland in the spotlight and drawn international journalists’ attention to the country by the Vistula river. An important subject matter during the visit, during which the President of the US was accompanied by a delegation including Secretary of Commerce, was economy and trade links between the two countries.   The event caught the attention of Ruchir Sharma, a contributing opinion writer Read more
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