Law / Poles going to live in the UK or elsewhere and their tax residency status? They pay tax to Poland? [15]

Non-contemporanious tax years are the bane of the tax adviser and the dual resident. The simple answer is that each country looks at your position according to its own laws, then consults the double tax treaty, but then you get a major complication if the two "years" are different. But the result will be that you will/will not be resident in the UK for a UK tax year or in Poland for a Polish tax year. It makes is extremey difficult to generalise. Throw in domicile and you have a whole tax adviser's career!

Travel / We're driving from S. England to Wawa - any recommendations for places to stay on the way? [8]

We've stayed at autobahn-side B&B Hotels and they had half-decent food courts, but the new city centre ones have all had delivery menus, and will call out for you to get, for example, pizzas delivered

Travel / We're driving from S. England to Wawa - any recommendations for places to stay on the way? [8]

While I agree that hotels on autobahn service areas can be pretty grotty, one chain - B&B Hotels - have added some nce new coty centre units - we particularly liked the ones in Essen and Dresden. They're in town, one shared the car park with Burger King, and both happily provide delivery menus. They're clean and comfortable, if a bit basic.

The best hotels, though, were one-offs - we've stayed in some really nice hotels, found just by wandering 5 miles or so off the autobahn.

Life / Wild dogs in Poland, are they a problem for any one but me? [14]


It's not the trade in live animals that needs to be stopped, it's the puppy farms. There's nothing wrong with moving animals around, so long as the whole process is not in any way harmful or stressful for them.

Life / Amazon stops super saver delivery on orders to Poland [40]

Amazon Prime not an option?

Not available to PL

Life / Amazon stops super saver delivery on orders to Poland [40]

I'm with Harry - and a lot of the stuff that offered free delivery (ie sold and fulfilled by Amazon) was at a higher price anyway. So, buy from Amazon = pay more. Bugger!

Being stuck in a wheelchair just got more expensive!

News / Krakow, Poland considers co-hosting the Winter Olympic in 2022 with Slovakia (UPDATE) [30]

Hosting the Olymics is a vanity project, and I think we should avoid it like the plague unless someone has a bloody good proposal to build the host sites as part of (most of) a major development to turn the Tatry into a top-class winter resort area. After winer 2012/13 I'd have said we have the weather ... winter 2013/14, though, raises more doubts!

Travel / How to get from Wroclaw airport to Gliwice? [9]

Use this planner as a guide [en.e-podroznik.pl]. Looks like a variation on a 406 bus to the station then onwards by train or by bus

Law / Do some teaching business in Poland, Can invoice customers from UK business? [11]

Isnlt there an issue with place of supply for VAT? The company could be adjudged to be trading in Poland and if you are here too, management and control emigrate from the UK to PL and make it company tax resident here?

Real Estate / Foreigners can now buy houses in Poland [55]

From 2009 there are, I think, three restrictions on EU citizens (note that 2004-2009 we could buy flats, but not houses). Now we can buy houses but not (a) agrc land, (b) forest and (c) land within a certain distance of the border. Certainly my entitlement to buy was discussed with our lawyer and she said I was OK so long as we avoided those three categories

Travel / Suggestions for what i should do or see in Lodz? [16]

1904loghouse.com/about-lodz/

UK, Ireland / Any Polish Females in Birmingham Uk, Need Urgent Help [16]

'Scuse me butting in, but why does your Polish GF not already have a passport, if she's been living in the UK? Didn't she need one to get to the UK? And doesn't the Polish Embassy speak Polish? Or just what passport is she applying for?

UK, Ireland / Can anyone transport a car from Poland to Ireland? [4]

UK reg?

Travel / Hot springs, vacation resorts, spas in Poland? [7]

There is a place on Lake Zywiec which sounds like what you're looking for, but we stayed one night out of season (they kindly accomodated us but were formally closed) so I can't say much about the facilities. Clearly, though, if we stumbled across one, there are more!

Travel / Visiting Poland (Krakow), want advice on local customs and people [4]

One thing - tram and bus tickets. They're sold by the "ride" or in time units. Buy a handful at a shop or kiosk as very few of the trams and buses have machines/time for fares on board. As soon as you boad, look for a validation machine - usually orange, everyone else boarding will be using it - and stick your ticket in the slot. The time stamp is the beginning of the time unit you bought, and if the tram/bus is delayed you need to validate another one. Or simply validates this use of a single journey ticket and cancels it for future use.

The ticket inspectors are "keen" and WILL fine you on the spot. Just take it slow your first journey ... buy ticket, board bus or tram ad look for the validation machine. It will soon be second nature.

Or buy a multi-day ticket if you'll use the buses/trams a lot, and you only have to validate on first use.

Travel / Malopolska walking / hiking in march [7]

While house-hunting we stayed at the Krak Hotel in Myslenice and I can recommend it. The area is beautiful, too.

Travel / Malopolska walking / hiking in march [7]

How about the Jura and Ojcow National Park?

Life / Are there any Muslim areas in Poland? [173]

Lol - Burka rules apply - women must be covered from head to toe because I cannot exercise sexual restraint and must have sex with every women showing flesh ... Alcohol must be absent because I cannot exercise restraint and if I see alcohol I must get stinkin' drunk (and probably chase that woman showing an inch of flesh!). Grow up, face reality and do not try to impose your ridiculous religious beliefs on Poland.

Life / Eating out in Poland, is it expensive? [28]

Just check some on-line menus like this one:

stek.com.pl/index.php?page=menu&lang=pl

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

Thing is, in a lot of Poland people will never have spoken with a Chinese, Japanese, Indian person - so they will be wary, curious, not very keen to approcah you because they willnot be able to speak with you ... Our neighbours are very nice peopl but they would not speak to me until I talked Polish - they are embarrassed they cannot speak English. Also, although there are minorities in some cities there is none elsewhere - for example, in Nowy Sacz we have ONE "asian" restaurant and our nearest shop for asian goods - not food - is in Krakow, 2.5 hours away.

Life / Christmas carol singers - is this a Polish Christmas tradition? [13]

Ah, countryside is us! We live right on the edge of a small village 15km from Nowy Sacz. Thanks for the info Derpinard. Tamarisk - D means the knocking and begging is like trick or treat.

Travel / What to do in Zakopane for New Year? ( staying in a ski resort but unfortunately no snow ) [12]

Hmm, have you seen the news reports, post hurricane?

Travel / What to do in Zakopane for New Year? ( staying in a ski resort but unfortunately no snow ) [12]

I'm thinking they'll open as much as they possibly cand, by way of activitoes and enterntainment - captive audience combined with wanting to come out of this as well as possible. Things like the acqua park will be busy, mind.

Life / Want help! Need to buy English novels but can't seem to find any good ones [8]

I'd overcome your reluctance and order from Amazon, if I were you.

UK, Ireland / Dog / Rabies vaccination / London and EU travel [3]

You mean a vet who will help you commit a crime, eh?

History / Are there still communists in Poland? [58]

slowinski5 (1) why did you resurrect a thread dead for two years? and (2) when do you imagine Poland joined the USSR (she never did)?

Travel / Cheap travel to Lodz (coming from Belgium) [6]

Your only option for flights is either via the UK or via Copenhagen - Lodz Airport is not very well served!
Look for trains or coaches

News / Skins vs anarchists in Warsaw [93]

Everyone needs to be reminded - apparently and, sadly, constantly - that we are all equal, all entitled to equal rights, equal treatment, equal opportunities and prospects. The rainow symobises hope for all. Even the mentally ill.