Changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities from 1 January 2021
11 February 2021
On 1 January 2021, amendments to the regulations in accordance with the decrees of the Minister of Finance, Development Funds and Regional Policy of 28 December 2020 came into force. (Polish Journal of Laws of 2020, item 2456). Thus, the scope jurisdiction of the tax authorities in relation to taxpayers and remitters of significant economic or social importance, for whom activities are carried out by the head of the tax office other than the locally competent one, has been modified.
The changes introduced will automatically assign entities to the appropriate tax office, so there is no need to submit a notification to the tax office about the change of the office.
New categories of taxpayers and remitters under the jurisdiction of specialised tax offices
| Tax office | Taxpayer / remitter |
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| Specialized tax office operating countrywide – the First Mazovian Tax Office in Warsaw |
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| The Second Mazovian Tax Office in Warsaw (II MUS) |
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| The Tax Office in Lublin |
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| The Third Mazovian Tax Office in Radom |
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| 19 specialized tax offices in the voivodships |
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| General Tax Office | Legal persons and organizational units:
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In all specialized tax offices (also operating countrywide), as before, taxpayers and remitters will not be settled in respect of excise duties, gaming tax and tax on the extraction of certain minerals in matters concerning these taxes.
The criterion for the assignment of entities to be served by particular tax offices
According to the regulations, the main criterion for assignment to a particular tax office is the net revenue from sales of goods, products and services in the last tax year.
If it is not possible to determine the amount of revenue from the financial statement, the source of this information will be the corporate income tax return or, where, contrary to the legal obligation, the taxpayer does not prepare a financial statement and is not obliged to submit a tax return, the source of this information will be the VAT return.
Income is determined on the basis of the data for 2019. If the tax year does not coincide with the calendar year, the basis will be the data for the tax year ending in 2019.
List of matters and tax offices competent to handle them
| Matter | Competent tax office |
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| CIT |
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| PIT (submitted by the taxpayer) | The tax return for 2020 shall be submitted to the tax office competent after the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities; |
| VAT | The JPK_V7M files for December 2020 or JPK_V7K files for the 4th quarter of 2020 shall be submitted to the tax office competent on January 01, 2021, i.e. the tax office competent after the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities; |
| VAT refund | In the event of a change of the territorial jurisdiction in the period between the date of submission of VAT return indicating the amount of VAT due (before 01.01.2021) and the statutory deadline for the refund of this tax (falling after 31.12.2020), the tax office competent after the change will make the refund. |
| Corrections to declarations/statements/information | Documents prepared after 31.12.2020, regardless of the period to which they relate, shall be submitted to the tax office competent after the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities.Exception: the correction results from an audit; in this case the matter is dealt with by the office that initiated the audit. |
| Tax inspections and tax proceedings | Tax inspections and tax proceedings commenced and not completed by tax offices competent before 01.01.2021 are continued by tax authorities competent before the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities. |
| Requests for confirmation of overpayment | Outstanding requests for confirmation of overpayment, which have been submitted before 01.01.2021, will be considered by the authority competent on the date of submission of the request, i.e. by the tax office competent before the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities took place. |
| Tax proceedings “withholding tax” | Tax proceedings concerning “withholding tax” commenced and not completed by tax offices competent before 01.01.2021. are continued by tax authorities competent before the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities. |
| Requests for opinions | Outstanding requests for an opinion concerning the exemption from flat-rate corporate income tax, which have been submitted to the specialized tax offices before 01.01.2021, will be considered by the authority competent on the date of submission of the request, i.e. the tax office competent before the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities took place. |
| Penal fiscal proceedings | Penal fiscal proceedings conducted before 1 January 2021 shall be continued by the tax offices competent before the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities. |
| Creditor | The creditor with respect to the outstanding debt resulting from tax returns submitted to the tax office or resulting from decisions issued by the tax office before 1 January 2021 will remain the tax office competent before the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities. Only when it maintains its jurisdiction, the tax office competent before the change will remain the creditor of receivables for which a tax audit or a tax procedure is (was) in progress or for which an enforcement is in progress. |
| Cash registers | Outstanding requests for registration of cash registers that have been received by the competent tax office before the change, will be processed by the tax office competent after the changes in the jurisdiction of tax authorities came into force on 01.01.2021. |
If you have any further questions or require additional information, please contact your business relationship person or use the enquiry form on the HLB Poland website.
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