The long-awaited tax law amendment, so-called tax package 2019, is finally approved. The Chamber of Deputies finally approved the tax package on 12 March 2019, in its original version dated 21 December 2019, without amendments proposed by the Senate. The President's signature followed on 15 March 2019. Most likely, the amendment will be promulgated in the Collection of Laws by the end of March 2019 and changes will enter into effect on 1 April 2019, with some exceptions.
Thanks to the tax package, interesting changes will be made to the Income Tax Act, especially in the following areas:
As a result of the approval of the tax package, the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act will be subject to the biggest changes, at least in terms of the number of changes. These include:
In the Tax Code, the tax package incorporates the so-called general anti-abuse rule, preventing abuse of the tax system in case of tax planning.