POLAND 2016
GEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION
CAPITAL:
WARZAW
POPULATION:
38,5 MILLION
POLITICAL SYSTEM:
LEGISLATIVE PARLIAMENT
FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS • Limited partnership • Limited joint stock partnership
• Limited liability company • Joint stock company
ACCOUNTING The annual financial statements must: • Consist of a balance sheet, profit and loss statement, statement of changes in equity, a cash flow statement and notes to the financial statements, including an introduction to the financial statements, as well as additional information and commentaries; • Be prepared no later than 3 months after the end of the financial year; • Be approved by the shareholders at the company’s General Meeting no later than 6 months after the end of the financial year; • Be sent to the Tax Office and filed with the Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy (National Court Register) no later than 2 weeks after the approval at the General Meeting; • Be published in the Commercial Bulletin.
CORPORATE TAXATION • The standard corporate tax rate is 19% • DTT OECD model convention • DTT with 60 countries
INDIVIDUAL TAXATION As a general rule, natural persons in Poland are subject to personal income tax calculated in accordance with a progressive tax scale with income thresholds of 18% and 32%. Pogressive scale.
VAT • 23% Standard • 8%
Health and service
• 5%
Food
• 0% Exports of goods outside the European Union and intra - Community supplies of goods.
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