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seancameron   
11 Oct 2011
Law / Not earning yet but spending from previously earned money and other Poland tax issues [22]

Dear Wielki pan,

i read the link, and one thing attracted my attention:(highlighted in bold in this following paragraph)

'Personal income tax (PIT)

is paid both by Poland’s citizens and by permanent residents. Having lived in the country for 184 days or more over a calendar year the latter have their overall income taxed unless they represent foreign company in Poland or work for a corporation established with foreign capital. Otherwise only the Polish earnings are taxable. The personal income tax is paid on a monthly basis and the deadline for yearly tax returns is April 30. '

...my question is: as i have been checking recently the option of having an offshore company registered in my country back home, i read that in poland one can open representative office of that company but without doing business locally, but out of poland. does this previous paragraph applies to representative office? one of my options-as i posted before- is to have my company registered back home, operate in the middle east , have clients in the middle east, but have repreentative office in poland for marketing purposes. does that then demand from me to pay income tax? in addition, if i want to hire local polish person for that representative company to work in poland's representative office, am i eligible to do so?
seancameron   
11 Oct 2011
Law / Not earning yet but spending from previously earned money and other Poland tax issues [22]

Wow, great discussion so far, still many questions either still unanswered or arised:

-can the tax office-if they want- track the credit card account out of poland to really confirm that the money comes from father? do i have to confirm that the money is given by my parents? but in most of the cases, i get the money hand to hand from parents when i visit them every 3 months, i can legally bring - according to eu law- up to 9 999 euro without decalring them. And frankly, if i bring even this limit (though never that much yet) , i don t need more for 3 months of living.

-u mentionned ab getting a tax advisor: any help regarding a good list of tax advisors for foreigners who have income/money coming from abroad? where i can get someone in warsaw?

-i don t have bank account yet in poland, will that cause a problem, or actually it will ease the situation?

to be continued...
seancameron   
11 Oct 2011
Real Estate / Zameldowanie and the landlord presence vs rental contract only [6]

Ouf...i am going tomorrow anyway to ursynow cityhall in warsaw to check, before i sign the rental contract. I read in many blogs that sometimes they dont ask ab the owner to b present, and even some said in some blogs that the zameldowanie is to be abolished. Is it true? if city hall will insist, then i have to check if landlord accept. But if no, then what hundereds and if not thousands of fioreigners like in my case who are still in the 'residency for set period of time' will do, if they don t have address and/or if they can t get???
seancameron   
10 Oct 2011
Real Estate / Zameldowanie and the landlord presence vs rental contract only [6]

Dear All,

another inquiry about the residency registration certificate: we have been living my wife and me in small flat owned by my wife's parents, but as the flat is pretty old, the family decided to renovate it, and probably sell it later on.

We have to move, and as consequence change my residency registration. The problem i am facing is that we will rent new flat owned by non-family member: is the rental contract enough as document to submit to the city hall in order to get zameldowanie? or does the owner have to be in person to sign? i think that the latter option will be difficult is not impossible, as the landlord will think we will stay forever and therefore will not rent us the flat.

Any idea what do to? will they accept only rental contract atcity hall in order to re-register my address in the new rented flat?

Tx a lot!!
seancameron   
10 Oct 2011
Law / Not earning yet but spending from previously earned money and other Poland tax issues [22]

Dear All,

i am newcomer, seems this forum is great help for new comers to Poland!

I have couple of questions, i hope someone there can help:

1- I am foreigner, married to polish, and moved to Poland a year ago, though during this year i have been in and out for various job interviews abroad, and for some academic conferences being myself an academic, and also for visiting my family back home. All this year, i have been spending money from my bank account out of Poland via my credit card, using local atm machine; this money is what i have earned in the last 3 to 5 years before coming to Poland. Do i have to pay any taxes to Poland other than the usual VAT?

2- I don't have NIP yet, is that a problem in my case with no job yet in Poland? will they ask me later about that, i mean when times come to apply for permanent residency ?

3- I receive some money from my family abroad sent to my account abroad, and i could get this through my foreign credit card via poland atm; any income taxes due to pay? will they come to me after a year and ask me how i am getting money, and how i am surviving? and is it ok if i am withdrawing from a foreign account in another country via atm machine in poland?

4- Meanwhile, i might get a job contract signed (crossing fingers!!) within the coming month, as i just had successful interview in dubai. In such a case, if i will start working for them by travelling back and forth, do i need to pay tax in Poland for the income earned abroad?

5- Lastly, i am thinking about another alternative-in case no contract signed, which is to open an offshore company in my country backhome, and try to get some marketing and hopefully some private clients (i teach and work in interior design). If i succeed in gettting some clients out of poland (i am planing to market it within the middle east), and i prepare their design work at my home in poland, will i need to pay taxes in poland in case i will earn?

...sorry for all these questions, but any answer will be a great help.

Thanks!

Sean