Coronavirus causes difficulties in settling withholding tax

Entities that are resident in a given country and so-called actual payees may benefit from withholding tax preferences or exemptions. However, the epidemic and difficulties in communication and traveling have a significant impact on verifying where the actual activity is run. The issue of exercising due professional care – a concept that law does not define – is also becoming increasingly important.

– Although we have been suffering from numerous restrictions on our everyday functioning for over a month, they do not prevent – at least at the moment – preparing and signing an appropriate statement by the contractor's board members and then providing it to the payer. Especially in the era of universal communication between entrepreneurs via e-mail – points out Aldona Leszczyńska-Mikulska. She also underlines that the majority of tax authorities of the EU countries issue tax residence certificates to taxpayers on the current basis.

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