Remote work across borders looks simple from the outside. An employee moves to another country and keeps the same laptop, the same team and the same contract. The legal position, however, does not travel with them. This applies in both directions, and the questions are the same either way: Below are the four areas to…
Since 8 July 2026, Poland’s National Labour Inspectorate (PIP) has had genuine tools to convert sham civil law contracts into employment contracts. We covered the new powers in detail in our article on the 2026 reform of the Labour Inspectorate. This article is about something else: a window that is closing. Parliament gave businesses twelve…
From 2026, a further group of businesses in Poland must report data on fixed assets and intangible assets electronically. The structure used for this is JPK_ST_KR – part of the wider SAF-T package for income taxes, alongside the already familiar JPK_KR_PD. For companies keeping statutory books – and using full accounting services – this is…
On 8 July 2026, the most significant changes in years to how Poland’s National Labour Inspectorate (PIP) operates came into force (Act published as Dz.U. 2026 item 473). The reform aims to more effectively counter situations where people working under conditions typical of an employment relationship are engaged on civil-law contracts or as self-employed (B2B),…
Since Poland’s deposit return scheme came into force (on 1 October 2025), businesses have faced new accounting and tax questions. One of the most common is whether a deposit paid on bottles or cans that can no longer be returned may be treated as a tax-deductible expense. The good news: both the Polish Ministry of…
The Polish government has announced draft legislation (UD116) that could significantly change how businesses using the lump-sum tax (ryczałt) are taxed. If adopted, some service providers currently paying an 8.5% tax rate may have to pay 15% on part of their income from 2027. Below we explain who would be affected, how the PLN 100,000…
Gender pay gap reporting is set to become one of the key obligations for many employers across the EU. The new pay transparency rules stem from Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which aims to secure equal pay for women and men who perform the same work or work of…
From 27 April 2026, significant changes to the legalisation of residence for foreigners in Poland come into effect. The centrepiece of the reform is the launch of MOS 2.0 – the new primary platform for submitting residence applications. In addition, from 4 May 2026, a new residence document for Ukrainian nationals will be introduced: the…
The operation of non-governmental organisations in Poland is governed by a clearly defined legal framework, at the heart of which lies the organisation’s statute. It is the content of the statute that determines whether a given activity may be carried out as unpaid statutory activity, fee-charging public benefit activity, or whether it should be classified…
The end of June is one of the most important moments of the year for many companies. 30 June 2026 is the statutory deadline for approving the financial statements for the 2025 financial year. This is an obligation that should not be left to the last minute. Approval Is Just the Beginning Having the financial…
