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"The Act creates a Solidarity Fund for the Support of Persons with Disabilities whose purpose is to provide social, occupational or health support for persons with disabilities." The Solidarity Fund for Persons with Disabilities is a Fund that fulfills the tasks set out in the Law, separate from other specific funds. new tasks and new forms of support for people with disabilities as defined in the Council of Ministers' programs or the Minister responsible for social security respectively. The Minister of the Fund shall be the Minister responsible for social security, shall read the information of the Chancellery of the President.
The resources of the Solidarity Support Fund for Persons with Disabilities will be allocated to the implementation of:
- governmental and departmental programs, including those covering the implementation of specific tasks of local authorities in the field of support for the disabled;
- tasks related to the promotion and support of the support system for people with disabilities;
- innovative solutions in the area of support for people with disabilities.
The law defines the sources of income of the Solidarity Support Fund for the Disabled, which include:
- Compulsory contributions to the Solidarity Fund for Support for Persons with Disabilities, which should constitute 0.15% of the basis of calculation of the contribution to the Labor Fund,
- homage to solidarity.
"Danina Solidarity is introduced in the Income Tax Law of July 26, 1991. According to the amended regulations, individuals are required to pay a joint and several contribution of 4% of the calculation basis, which is a surplus of more than 1,000,000 PLN of total income – subject to taxation under the terms of article 27 (1), (9) and (9a), Article 30b, Article 30c and Article 30f of the Individual Income Tax Law – reduced by social security contributions deductible from these revenues, and by the amounts listed in article 30f, paragraph 5, of this law, "- informs the Chancellery of the President.
Taxpayers who are obliged to pay a solidarity contribution will submit to the tax authorities a statement on the amount of solidarity, according to the model available, by April 30 of the following calendar year and within this period they will have to pay Pay a solidarity loan , also given.
It is estimated that, from the first source, the government intends to obtain PLN 657 million for the Solidarity Fund in 2019 and PLN 1,15 billion for tax-rich taxpayers (based on tax revenues for 2016).
The law on exit tax is also signed
Andrzej Duda also signed the act of altering the personal income tax act (PIT), the law on corporate income tax (CIT), the act – tax decree and some other acts, the President's Chancery. The novel introduces, among others, taxation of income from unrealized profits (called exit tax).
The law, as part of its regulation, implements the EU Council Directive laying down provisions to combat tax evasion practices with a direct impact on the functioning of the internal market and the Directive on compulsory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation in the concerning the presentation of cross-border agreements.
The most important changes in tax legislation are:
- introduction of preferential taxation of income generated by intellectual property rights. The tax on the income obtained from intellectual property qualified by the taxpayer as non-agricultural commercial activity is 5% of the tax base,
- introduction of separate regulations on income taxation of virtual currencies,
- wide changes in transfer pricing regulations (separate chapters in the PIT Act and the CIT Act). The purpose of the amendment is to simplify regulations, adapt them to changes in the legal and economic environment, and take into account OECD guidelines in this regard. The changes relate in particular to transfer pricing documentation, the market price principle, the definition of affiliated entities and transfer pricing adjustments,
- introduction of taxation of income from unrealized profits (so-called exit tax). The act in question introduces into the law on the IRP and the acts of the law of transport of values corresponding to the provisions of Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164 of 12 July 2016 laying down provisions to combat the practice of circumvention which has a direct impact on the functioning of the internal market (Official Journal of the European Union L 193, 19.7.2016 p. 1) – the so-called ATAD Directive, under Art. 5 which govern the taxation of unrealized capital gains in the event of transfer of assets, tax residence or permanent establishment;
- in the PIT Law and in the CIT Law, the chapters regulating the refund of taxes for debts paid are added. The Acts specify in particular: entities that may submit a claim for tax refund, documentation to be attached to the application, and procedure, "we read further on.
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The amendment to the Tax Decree Law aims, in particular, to further strengthen the tax system. The amendment has a very broad scope and mainly involves issues such as changes in the rules to obtain interpretations of tax laws, changes in the general clause against tax evasion and the introduction of provisions authorizing the authorities of the National Tax Administration to impose additional tax liability in connection with the issuance of a decision using the anti-avoidance clause, provisions relating to the issue of a decision determining the conditions for the withdrawal of tax evasion effects, as well as the introduction of the obligation to provide tax authorities with tax information, also given.
Another significant change introduced in the Law – Tax Decree is the introduction of the obligation to provide tax authorities with information about tax schemes.
All signed acts will come into effect as of January 1, 2019.
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