Thursday, November 21, 2024

After the ECJ ruling, it will be harder for the Polish tax office to refuse the refund of overpaid VAT

It will not be as easy for tax authorities to deny a taxpayer a VAT refund for overpayments resulting from transactions made with consumers. On March 21, 2024, the...

Poland’s Deposit System for Beverage Containers Approved: Key Changes to Take Effect in 2025

The special parliamentary subcommittee has accepted, with amendments, the draft amendment to the act...

Company controlled by the French government breaches Polish law and exposes Polish State Treasury to major tax losses

The Association for the Fight Against the Grey Zone of Games and Mutual Bets...

Tax Authorities Target B2B Contracts with Former Employers: Risk of Back Taxes and Legal Consequences for Businesses

The Tax Authority is fighting against the so-called, fictitious self-employment, treating B2B contracts as...

President of UODO asks Border Guard about unauthorized use of PESEL database

The President of the Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO) in Poland has raised questions...

Funeral service prices may increase with the change in funeral benefit rate. “The matter seems inevitable”

Expert on the "huge threat" that an increase in death grant could trigger. The effect may be similar to that seen with the "granny...

Marketplace Managers Held Liable for Sale of Counterfeit Goods in Poland

The battle against counterfeiting and piracy has been escalating for many years, and the scale of intellectual property violations, such as trading in counterfeit...

Whistleblower Protection Act: Challenges in Data Protection

The Whistleblower Protection Act imposes on personal data administrators the obligation to adequately protect the sensitive data of individuals reporting irregularities and data that...

Attention Entrepreneurs: New EU Ruling Means Courts Will Penalize Even Minimal Payment Delays

Attention Entrepreneurs! Courts Will Punish for Minimal Delays in Commercial Transactions. So far, judges have been dismissing demands in which counterparties and creditors have been...

Polish Funeral Industry Calls for Funeral Allowance Increase to 8,000 PLN with Annual Valorization

The Polish Chamber of Funeral Industry on the statements of the ministers of finance and family: the funeral allowance should be at least 8...

Mandatory National e-Invoicing System (KSeF) Raises Concerns Among Entrepreneurs Over Potential Breach of Trade Secrets

The National e-Invoicing System (KSeF) is soon to become the mandatory method of documenting sales by companies. However, entrepreneurs raise doubts about the wide...

Child Protection Standards: A New Era of Safety for Children

On August 15, the deadline for implementing child protection standards (SOM) in all institutions working with children is approaching. Besides the obvious ones, such...

1.5 million PLN fine for American Heart of Poland SA for serious personal data protection breaches

The IT infrastructure of American Heart of Poland SA fell victim to a cyber-attack, during which hackers gained access to the detailed personal data...

Lewiatan Confederation Criticizes Polish Draft of Digital Services Act

Many provisions in the draft law on the provision of electronic services require further discussion and analysis, particularly those concerning the scope of responsibilities...

Sanctions, penalties and liability for non-compliance with the Omnibus Directive

Although it has been over 18 months since the introduction of the regulations implementing into our legal framework the Directive of the European Parliament...

Risk of Nullity in Real Estate Transactions Involving Capital Companies: Analysis of the Supreme Court Ruling

Transactions in the real estate market, in which the party is a capital company, are not uncommon, and as a result, as the Supreme...

New Whistleblower Protection Act Imposes Strict Requirements on Employers and Local Governments in Poland

Large and medium-sized companies, as well as local governments, face the necessity of implementing procedures to protect whistleblowers - employees who wish to report...

Controversy Over Including Civil Law Contracts and Self-Employment in Employment Tenure

Including periods of work performed under a mandate contract and running an individual business into employment tenure is controversial, according to the Confederation Lewiatan....

Government Plans to Expand Labor Inspectorate Powers Could Threaten Small Businesses and Limit Civil Law Contracts

A significant impact on civil law agreements is looming; state authorities are determined to revise laws. New powers for the National Labour Inspectorate (PIP)...

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