WHT
Withholding tax often remains outside the main focus of accountants, auditors, and experts. Meanwhile, the obligations and risks (including personal ones) related to its settlement are very important. Their importance increases every year, along with the tightening of the national and international tax system.
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Areas of advice
Withholding tax (WHT) is an element of the international tax law system. It creates a whole range of obligations for entrepreneurs in Poland, who function as payers. Thus, they are responsible for collecting and remitting tax on payments made to their (usually foreign) business partners.
At OW, we have been providing specialist advisory services regarding withholding tax over the past several years:
we conduct withholding tax audits;
we map responsibilities and processes;
we manage risks at the level of the client's organisation and personal responsibility;
we represent clients in WHT audits and disputes;
we participate in national and international consultations on new legal solutions;
we cooperate within a trusted network of international advisors, providing solutions that work not only in Poland but also in other countries;
we help you obtain an opinion on the application of the WHT exemption.
Accomplished projects
Obtaining (first in Poland) opinions for clients on the application of withholding tax exemptions (opinions are issued by tax authorities, followed by...
Designing and implementing numerous withholding tax due diligence procedures for, inter alia, large international capital groups.
Effective representation of clients in numerous proceedings (before tax authorities and administrative courts) and tax audits covering identified irre...
Distinction in the Tax category
Im Jahr 2023 wurden wir erneut im The Legal 500-Ranking in der Kategorie Tax (Tier 2) ausgezeichnet.
Der Titel "Recommended Lawyer" wurde verliehen an: Tomasz Gałka, Wojciech Fryze, Konrad Misiewicz, Joanna Karczewska und Karol Niemiec.
7th place in the Ranking of Firms and Tax Advisors
Our tax team was ranked 7th in the large firm category in the 17th edition of the Ranking of Firms and Tax Advisors of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
1st place in Lower Silesia in the Ranking of Tax Advisory Firms
We were ranked 1st in the Lower Silesia region in the 17th Ranking of Tax Advisory Firms of the Rzeczpospolita daily
