Value Added Tax Services (VAT)

The VAT team is a group of tax experts who have extensive experience in VAT consulting for companies in Poland and abroad. Our knowledge and experience allows us to give the most tax efficient advice on VAT issues. Since the creation of the team in 1995 the VAT team has successfully assisted the largest companies in solving their complex VAT issues.

Scope of services
 

• VAT reviews - VAT audits primarily aimed at revealing deficiencies in VAT compliance
• VAT planning - creating solutions to optimise VAT settlements
• VAT compliance services - registration for VAT purposes, maintaining VAT registers and filing monthly VAT returns
• VAT rate classification reviews and audits (checking compliance with statistical classification for VAT purposes)
• VAT litigation - preparing appeals to the Tax Chamber and the Supreme Administrative Court (NSA), representing clients during tax proceedings, monitoring cases
• VAT optimisation of cross border transactions - ensuring VAT compliant and efficient settling of obligations resulting from importation of goods and services as well as assuring correctness of export procedures in respect to VAT

• VAT optimisation of marketing activities
• Examination, analysis and re-designing of advertising, promotional and representation function to ensure full input VAT deductibility and minimising VAT burdens and simplifying VAT documentation
• VAT refunds for foreign businesses
• Assistance in preparation and filing appropriate application together with the required supporting documentation and subsequent monitoring of the process.
• Licenses, computer software
• Developing VAT compliant and efficient treatment of transactions involving licenses, computer software, assistance in transactions potentially classified as being outside the scope of VAT
• VAT optimisation in exempt businesses
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Assistance in transformation process in respect to VAT with particular emphasis on recovery of excess input VAT
• Assistance in implementing cash registers
• Verification of applied solutions in cash register systems in regard to compliance with VAT regulations
• VAT treatment of returnable packages
• Analysis and assistance in introducing solutions allowing deduction of input VAT incurred on purchase of returnable packages.