Indirect Taxes

The Indirect Tax Team renders comprehensive advisory services in the scope of VAT, excise tax and customs. In particular, the services include:

• day-to-day advice on how to make correct VAT, excise tax and customs settlements;
• advice and assistance in connection with EU VAT issues (assistance in ensuring compliance with EU regulations, assistance with VAT clearing in other EU member states);
• assistance and consultation regarding Polish VAT for foreign entities, 
• assistance in obtaining official tax law interpretations in the scope of VAT and excise tax; 
• analysis of executed contracts,  
• tax assessment of agreements at the negotiation stage, and assistance with re-drafting;
• development and implementation of VAT and excise tax risk minimizing structures in Poland and abroad (including, in particular, in the scope of transactions inside the EU) and optimization of existing structures; 
• business audits focused on financial liquidity optimization in terms of VAT and excise tax and the compliance of VAT procedures functioning in a given business;
• advice and assistance in implementing such business structures as consignment manufacturing, call off stock, consignment stock;
• consultation and assistance in applying for and obtaining permits for acquisition of products/commodities as a registered trader, as well as permits to run a tax warehouse; 
• advice and assistance to foreign entities in obtaining reimbursements of Polish VAT and to Polish entities in claiming back foreign VAT based on the Eighth and the Thirteenth Directives;
• consultation and assistance with the registration of foreign businesses for the purposes of Polish VAT, and Polish entities for the purposes of foreign VAT;
• keeping VAT registers for foreign entities registered for Polish VAT purposes.