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10.05.2022

Polish regulations on “indirect” transactions with tax havens

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Maja Seliga-Kret
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Since 1 January 2021, new TP regulations have been in force regarding the documentation of what are called indirect transactions with residents of tax havens (Newsletter #2/2021). The regulations are to be applied by Polish taxpayers for the first time in relation to tax years beginning on or after 1 January 2021. By law, TP documentation is due by 30 September 2022 (unless Polish lawmakers enact another round of deadline extensions).

The law on the TP documentation of transactions with tax havens distinguishes between direct and indirect transactions.

Direct transactions with tax havens are sales or purchases made to or from unrelated parties based in tax havens if their value exceeds PLN 100K (ca. EUR 22K) during a tax year.

Indirect transactions with tax havens are transactions your counterparty makes with related or unrelated parties if their value exceeds PLN 500K (ca. EUR 110K) during a tax year and the beneficial owner is based in a tax haven. The beneficial owner is presumed to be based in a tax haven if your counterparty makes “settlements” during the tax year with an entity based in a tax haven. You are required to establish the circumstances of such presumption with due diligence.

Tax Guidance – 1st proposal

The new law on “indirect” transactions with tax havens has generated plenty of controversy among taxpayers. March 2021 saw the Finance Ministry initiate public consultations on a proposed tax guidance document explaining how to apply the tax haven presumption.

The proposal has been heavily criticised by taxpayers and tax advisors. They say that the new regulations and the proposed guidance would merely result in excessive administrative burdens. The main recommendation was to defer, suspend or even altogether withdraw the undesirable regulations. There were also a number of comments regarding the merits of the proposed guidance.

Tax Guidance – 2nd proposal

Following the consultations, the Finance Ministry published a new and more elaborate tax guidance proposal in December 2021. According to that proposal:

  • the term beneficial owner should be understood according to the statutory definition, i.e. as the entity entitled to amounts due under the transaction;
  • the disclosure duty on indirect transactions with tax havens applies only to your purchase transactions whose value exceeds PLN 500K;
  • your counterparty and a tax haven resident should make a transaction of a substantial value, i.e. at least PLN 500K.
     

Even though the second guidance proposal makes the controversial regulations more rational in their application, it has also been criticised by taxpayers and tax advisors. In addition to urging for numerous changes to the guidance, tax advisors again recommended that the law should be repealed, temporarily suspended or at least amended.

Practical effect of the guidance

If the second guidance proposal is enacted without substantial changes to the published draft, taxpayers may be required to obtain beneficial owner representations from their counterparties or, in their absence, carry out a beneficial owner test.

Read the WTS Global Transfer Pricing Newsletter here.

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Article published in Transfer Pricing Newsletter #1/2022
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