Polish entities
If during the last calendar year your company has made sales in accordance with Polish VAT Law in the territory of Poland exceeding PLN 200 000.00, you will be required to register for Polish VAT.
For certain activities, such as advisory services, the supply of excise(duty) goods, the above limit does not apply.
Foreign entities
Foreign entities that have taxable sales in Poland are required to register for VAT purposes, irrespective of their taxable turnover.
Exemptions: foreign entities are not obliged to register if they provide:
- delivery of goods for which VAT is reversed on customer (reverse charge)
- services for which VAT is reversed on customer customer (reverse charge)
Registration for VAT purposes=> foreign entity
If the entity is subject to VAT, it is obliged to register for VAT purposes in Poland at the local tax office to obtain the NIP number.
To register your activity in Poland for VAT purposes the following documents are required
- the original of the company’s act translated into Polish by a Polish sworn translator;
- original extract from the register of entrepreneurs in your country confirming that such a company exists,
- translated into Polish by a Polish sworn translator;
- original confirmation of registration for VAT purposes in your country translated into Polish by a Polish sworn translator;
- agreement with a bank in Poland confirming that the company has opened a bank account;
- agreement with an accounting office in Poland;
- a power of attorney
- stamp duty of PLN 170.00;
- tax forms => we are filling in them for you
The registration procedure takes approx. 4 weeks from the date of receipt of all the documents required.