Tax strategy

What is a tax strategy?

The tax strategy should include information on the taxpayer's approach to fulfilling tax obligations, e.g., applied procedures and actions which may affect the amount of tax liabilities. It should also include, inter alia, transactions with related parties, tax settlements with tax havens or requests for tax law interpretations submitted to tax authorities.

The disclosure of such detailed information aims, on the one hand, at ensuring tax transparency but, on the other hand, it may expose companies to the risk of more frequent tax audits.

Tax strategy - for which companies?

According to the Income Tax Act, the following entities are obliged to prepare and publish information on the implemented tax strategy:

• taxpayers with revenues of more than EUR 50 million in a tax year:
• tax capital groups (regardless of revenue level).

For capital groups, the tax strategy must cover both the group and all group companies.

Publication of the tax strategy - deadline

The report on the tax strategy implementation should be published on the taxpayer's website or on the website of any related entity (if the taxpayer has no website). At the same time, information on the publication of the strategy should be provided to the head of the tax office.

The tax strategy report should be published within 12 months upon the end of the tax year.

Tax strategy - how can we help?

The preparation of a tax strategy report must both meet statutory requirements and also guarantee the security of the taxpayer sharing sensitive information. It is important to remember that the reporting obligation concerns the implementation of the tax strategy, not the strategy itself.

According to Crowe experts, one of the basic elements of the company's tax strategy should be the so-called due diligence procedures for particular taxes, which cover the company's organisational model. These procedures will allow for current internal control of the areas covered by the tax risk in a company, and thus minimise the risk of making significant errors in tax settlements. 

Crowe experts offer comprehensive support in preparing your tax strategy and reporting on its implementation:

• Audit of company tax policies and procedures
• Analysis of corporate tax processes
• Identification of areas of tax risk
• Support in drafting due diligence procedures for various taxes
• Preparation of tax strategy or update of existing tax strategy
• Preparation of tax governance policy
• Preparation of a report on the implementation of the tax strategy