If you intend to start running business in Poland, You may
find the following information helpful. The second table contains data which largely
depend on market condition. They should be considered as indicative. Starting a business should be preceded by selection of
the appropriate form of doing business. The choice of legal form of Your
business will have an impact on the cost of the company's founding and its
future maintenance costs.
Taxes
and social security contributions
Type of tax or social security contribution
|
Rate – a brief description
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Income tax from
individuals (PIT)/ legal persons (CIT)
|
Individuals: 18%
or 32% (the tax base over 85.528,00 PLN); 19% if the taxpayer has chosen a
linear method of tax settlement/ legal persons: 19%
|
Value Added Tax
(VAT): standard rate and preferential (lower) rate
|
Standard rate:
23%;
Preferential
rate: 8%, 5%
|
Property tax
(for buildings intended to running business)
|
app. 5,2 euro
per 1 m2 of area (the tax is annual)
|
Excise tax
|
The current
taxes on certain excise goods are:
|
The pension
insurance contribution
|
Pension
contribution – 19,52%
Disability
contribution – 8,00%
Sickness
insurance – 2,45%
Accident
insurance – 1,93%
of the
contribution base
|
Health insurance
contribution
|
9,00% of the
contribution base
|
Major
costs of running business
Type of cost
|
Approximate amount + optionally brief description
|
Office rental
(price per m2 of area) - price in the capital city and different
city
|
Capital city:
15-25 euro per 1 m2 of area,
Other city: 5-20
euro per 1 m2 of area
|
Salary for
employees (per capita):
- average
salary/
- minimum salary
|
Average salary:
app. 930,00 euro gross per month
Minimum salary:
app. 420,00 euro gross per month
|
Keeping the
accounts (remuneration for the accounting office)
|
50,00 – 1.200,00
euro
|
Internet, phone
(range of the cost)
|
15-50 euro
internet;
10-25 euro per
one mobile
|
Maintenance of
website and company mailbox, rank of the website
|
70,00 – 400,00
euro per month
|
Fuel price: 1
liter of petrol/ diesel oil
|
Petrol: 1,0 euro
per liter,
Diesel oil: 1,0
euro per liter
|