Law / Costs for importing a car from Germany to Poland. [34]

LOL, now we got us a debate...

Good questions and few contradicting answers. ParisJazz - you're right about the German registered vehicle, but only to some extent. First of all you have three months to change registration to a polish one if you do reside in Poland. You may choose not to and drive for let's say a year without incident, yet you know Murphy ’s Law. Poland is known for car thieves who really like foreign cars and foreign plated cars. Imagine someone steals your car, insurance company will ask you general questions like: Where do you live? Where do you work? It's going to be a walk in the park for an insurance adjustor to take apart your little scheme. Will you lie? Will they pay for your claim...?

As to importing vehicles from Germany, it all depends if the car is new or used, and or if you are buying it privately or as a company. If you are buying a vehicle from a dealer in Germany, you will pay 19% VAT at the said dealer. Come to Poland and get slammed with 18.5% excise tax calculated on the value of the vehicle in Poland. Now the funny part...You have to prove to the tax office in Poland that the vehicle is more than six months old or it has more than 6000km. If you fail to do so, they will consider it a new car and charge you VAT again of 22%. The legislation is outdated, and the lady at counter will tell you how sorry she is, and that she knows it's not right to pay VAT twice, yet she will still charge you. Oh, and she will also tell you they are working on it to fix it.

Try to purchase the vehicle privately to avoid VAT in both countries. Bring it to Poland and find custom's appointed appraiser. Get your Audi or Bmw "appraised" if you catch my drift. Now that your car is worth "?", you go to pay your excise tax based on the value given by the friendly appraiser. Plate and register the car.

There is legal ways of avoiding the double VAT, and few other tricks of the trade. Underline the word trade. You really have to know what you doing; otherwise you will lose lots of money and time. First five cars I've imported from States I broke even on profit wise, then I learned.

My advice to You is to look for a vehicle in Poland, with the Euro at its peak vs polish Zloty it just isn't worth it unless you are sitting on some Euro's. There is lots of cars left over from last summer's import boom. People are letting them go cheap due to economic crisis. Private message me if You need further help.

Ontario Style.

Law / HOW DO I REGISTER MY BUSINESS NAME IN POLAND? [17]

No it's not true. Effective Feb 1, 2009 foreigners can only register limited liability company, joint stock company etc. Untill then they could open a single person economic enterpise.

So sleep well, You can still do business in Poland, just more paperwork...

Regards.

Law / Costs for importing a car from Germany to Poland. [34]

Hello.

Here it is in from start to finish:

I am guessing the vehicle will be used. It has to be at least six months old and/or have 6000 km on it, otherwise like I said in previous post they will charge you VAT in Poland. Once the vehicle crosses the polish border you only have five days to settle the excise tax with the local customs office. It is very important that you do this within five days otherwise they will give you a hefty fine. The funny thing (don't say I said that) they have no way of proving your actual entry date with "shengen" being in effect. Hypothetically speaking when asked when you brought the vehicle to Poland, one could reply "yesterday". The excise tax is 18.5% based on the actual value of the vehicle in Poland. It takes few days until you receive the actual proof from the customs that you've paid the tax. With that in hand, you acquire a "safety inspection" at a local regional safety/check station (okregowa stacja pojazdow). When you receive the inspection you are able to prove beyond "tax office clerk’s" doubt that the vehicle is in fact six months old or has 6k on it. At the tax office you ask for VAT-24 form/declaration and you will receive in return VAT-25 which in short is a release from paying VAT. You wait for that about a week as well. Then you pay your recycling fee of 500 PLN and enter the dragon's lair (registration office) to register you vehicle. Make sure you translate the previous vehicle registration and the purchase agreement/invoice. Customs are supposed to let you pay the excise without translation since you are in EU, but in Warsaw they won't. Again each city has different ways of implementing the rules. In Warsaw for example they also want you to have the safety check done at the time of paying the excise tax – crazy considering that your car might not pass and then you run out of “five days”...

I hope this is helpful, feel free to ask questions if you don’t understand something...I have done this oh, only about “xxx” times.

Law / Banking in Poland, as a foreigner. [26]

Hello,

The easiest way is to open an account in Poland. Not all banks, but some will let you open and account based on foreign passport, the same way Swiss banks do. It takes time and paper work but it is possible. Once you have a polish bank account, wire transfer the money from "down under" to Poland, get an atm card and you're set.

Cheers Mate
Bart

Law / is commission way popular in PL business?? [5]

Hello,

I am sure he/she will be happy to take your money. It is a common practice in trade business to give these kinds of provisions or bonuses. I would be carefull though, since Poland now a days is big on corruption and bribes. If you send the money directly to his account, he will have to explain himself to the tax office. Safest way is to disclose it in a written contract between you and him.

BreslauBart

Law / Starting a business in Poland (a recruitment company) [10]

Try me during the day at www breslaufinance pl . I will walk you through it.

Breslau Bart

Law / Registered office for Polish Company [13]

Hello,

The solution to your problem is a "Virtual Office". For roughly 200 Pln per month you can get an address which you can use to register your business. Registration is based on the agreement between you and the "Virtual Office" service provider. The agreement states that the service provider gives you permission to use the mentioned address as your "spolka z o.o." location. It works because several of my clients have it set up like this with my company. Feel free to visit my website and since I hate to sound as a solicitor also try www regus pl, but their prices are high.

Best Regards,
BreslauBart

Law / Business setup in Poland [36]

gregor- about 10,000 PLN - notary costs, lawyer costs, administrative costs

Love the price...It's 5 000 PLN actually (in Wroclaw) and that's already pushing it, but hey I have seen foreigners fork out 5k Euro for it so I guess it depends on how gullible you are.

BreslauBart