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Starting from October 13, 2019, the provisions introducing the Central Register of Beneficial Owners will enter into force in Poland, in response to the implementation of the EU Directive on preventing the use of the financial system for money laundering or terrorist financing. Polish commercial law companies entered into the ... Read More »
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Polish taxation rules for virtual currency exchange
October 3, 2019
The development of virtual currencies and an increase in the number of transactions related to them can be observed in recent years. Unfortunately, Polish tax law has not kept pace with the development in this field so far, which was expressed by the lack of regulations taking into account the ... Read More »
New rules for collecting withholding tax in Poland – again partly deferred
September 5, 2019
The amendment to the provisions of the Polish Personal and Corporate Income Tax Acts has brought a number of obligations imposed on entities making payments such as, among others, dividends, interest, royalties and fees for certain intangible services. These responsibilities include verification if a given payment qualifies for the exemption ... Read More »
Does a holding company run a (real) economic activity?
September 4, 2019
So far, the issue of holding companies conducting real economic activity has not been subject of lively discussions in Poland. Nevertheless, the provisions introduced by the legislator as a weapon to fight tax avoidance, in particular the provisions on controlled foreign companies (CFC) and the new rules for collecting withholding ... Read More »
Legislative proposal for the modernisation of partnerships; civil and tax aspects
September 2, 2019
On 21 February, the draft bill of the Legislative Proposal for the modernisation of partnerships (‘draft legislative proposal’) was submitted for consultation. The draft legislative proposal intends to provide a modern, clear and straight forward scheme that, on the one hand facilitates the entrepreneur and, on the other, offers suitable ... Read More »
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Will a Polish company pay income tax on liquidation assets passed on to its shareholder?
August 21, 2019
Once Article 14a of the Polish Corporate Income Tax Act went into force, it was uncertain whether this provision applied to situations where a company under liquidation passes on its assets to a shareholder in non-monetary form. Administrative courts were not in agreement either. However, the latest rulings of Polish ... Read More »
New Italian Tax Regime For Pensioner
August 12, 2019
1 Foreword This article aims to illustrate the introduction of a new tax regime provided by the Italian Government to attract foreigners and Italians in retirement living in foreign countries to move their residence to Southern Italy. 2 The new Italian tax regime for pensioners On the 30th of December, ... Read More »
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Polish tax on revenue from fixed assets encompasses hotels, conference centers and sports facilities
August 6, 2019
Starting from January 1, 2019 an amendment of Corporate and Personal Income Tax Acts went into force with regards to the so-called tax on commercial real estate. It was then renamed tax on revenue from fixed assets. Until December 31, 2018 it encompassed only owners of commercial and office buildings ... Read More »
Capital gains realized from the disposal of stocks in a Polish joint-stock company are taxable only in a transferor’s state of residence
August 5, 2019
Albert Einstein once said that a question pertaining to taxes is too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher. Unfortunately, the world famous physicist did not take into account that practicing philosophy with reference to this field of law can very easily lead to the omission ... Read More »
The favourable tax regime of new Italian residents
July 24, 2019
Foreword This brochure aims to illustrate the introduction of the new tax regime for the “new Italian residents” with the debut of a lump-sum taxation called “Flat tax”, granting an exemption of foreign investments from Italian taxation, called “non-domiciled tax resident”. The Italian Finance Bill for 2017 (hereinafter “Finance Bill”) ... Read More »
Italian Patent Box
July 18, 2019
The Italian Finance Bill for 2015 has enhanced an important provision named “Patent Box”, to facilitate and attract foreign taxpayers, improve the Research and Development in Italy and most important preserve the “i.e. Made in Italy”. This provision introduced in Italy is an optional tax regime, that allows reduced taxation ... Read More »
Revised tax ruling practice announced in the Netherlands
July 12, 2019
The Dutch ruling practice for tax rulings with an international character has been one of the cornerstones of the Dutch investment climate for a period spanning more than 50 years. Often tax legislation contains vague language and ambiguous terms increasing the need for advance consultation of the competent tax authorities ... Read More »
Tax implications no deal Brexit
July 5, 2019
After the Withdrawal Agreement with the UK was voted down by British Parliament several times, the EU has allowed an extension until 31 October 2019. If no other arrangement with the EU will be made before that date, the UK will cease to be a member of the EU without ... Read More »
Revised tax ruling practice announced in the Netherlands
December 6, 2018
The Dutch ruling practice for tax rulings with an international character has been one of the cornerstones of the Dutch investment climate for a period spanning more than 50 years. Often tax legislation contains vague language and ambiguous terms increasing the need for advance consultation of the competent tax authorities ... Read More »
CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY GOOD PRACTICES TAX REDUCTION OR DEDUCTIBLE EXPENSE CORPORATE INTEREST PHILANTHROPY AND THE ADVENT OF MISSION-LED BUSINESSES
August 6, 2018
Corporate philanthropy is faring well, even though it is still a recent practice compared to philanthropy overall. In France, corporate philanthropy effectively stems from the law on corporate foundations adopted relatively recently, on 4 July 1990[1]. It is in fact quite significant to see how difficult it was for the ... Read More »
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by: Delsol
in Corporate law, France, Tax law