Ruling: VAT Settlement by Municipality for Renewable Energy Investment

• The text discusses the VAT settlement by the municipality in relation to investment in renewable energy sources (OZE).
• The director of the National Tax Information is reconsidering the request for an individual interpretation based on a court ruling.
• The municipality’s position regarding the tax consequences of the described factual situation and future events in the VAT is deemed incorrect.
• The request for an individual interpretation was submitted by the municipality regarding the non-recognition of received funding for taxable remuneration and determination of the tax base for the received funding and remuneration from residents for the implementation of services within the project.
• The municipality is a registered active taxpayer of VAT.
• The municipality is implementing or will implement an investment in renewable energy sources, involving the purchase and installation of solar collectors, biomass furnaces, air heat pumps, geothermal pumps, and photovoltaic cells in buildings owned by residents of the municipality.
• Solar collectors and photovoltaic cells are generally installed on the roofs of residential buildings, but in some cases, they can be installed on the walls if rooftop installation is not feasible.
• The residential buildings included in the investment are classified as permanent residential buildings in the Polish Classification of Building Objects.
• The installations are/will be carried out on single-family residential buildings with a usable area not exceeding 300 m2, where no business or agrotourism activities are conducted.

Source: sip.lex.pl

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