Withholding tax (WHT)
Contact
Marzena Kidacka Ph.D.
partner, attorney-at-law, tax advisor, restructuring advisor
Scope of the audit
- Analysis of the transaction with regard to the obligation to collect a withholding tax
- Analysis of the transaction with regard to the possibility of applying a lower rate of WHT or not collecting a tax and verification of the correctness of treating the transaction as not being subject to WHT
- Verification of the correctness of documenting the contractor’s tax residence
- Verification of exercising due diligence in the application of preferences in WHT (e.g. documenting the status of the beneficial owner of receivables and carrying out real economic activity)
- Verification of the possibility and correctness of applying the pay and refund mechanism
- Identification of risks connected with cross-border transactions in WHT and minimization of those risks.