Is the Tax Office’s Removal of Thousands of Firms from VAT Register Legal?

• Tax authorities removed nearly 132,500 companies from the VAT register from March 2024 to March 2025.
• Over 9,300 companies were removed due to lack of contact.
• Few companies were identified as clear fraudsters.
• 50 non-existent companies, six issuing fake invoices, and four involved in tax carousel were removed.
• 124 companies were removed for violating the STIR law.
• Nearly 19,000 entities were removed for not submitting tax declarations for a quarter.
• Over 95,000 companies lost VAT status due to suspending business for at least six months.
• Over 7,000 companies submitted only zero declarations.
• Concerns raised about automatic deregistration without clear tax fraud.
• Expert notes disproportionate sanctions for some deregistered companies.
• Large number of companies registered but later unreachable by tax authorities.
• EU court ruling states tax authorities cannot automatically deregister without examining the nature and scale of tax law violations.

Source: podatki.gazetaprawna.pl

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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