- Spouses running separate businesses under community property in Poland are now recognized as separate VAT taxpayers if each acts independently.
- The ECJ and Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court have ruled that intra-spousal business transactions, including asset transfers, are taxable under VAT law.
- The property regime (community property) is irrelevant; what matters is economic independence and separate business activity.
- Transfers of goods between spouses’ businesses, even if gratuitous and involving jointly owned assets, are considered taxable supplies for VAT purposes.
- Entrepreneurs must exercise caution in tax planning for intra-spousal transactions due to this clarified legal position.
Source: kancelaria-skarbiec.pl
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