Poland is a stable country with economic growth and a welcoming environment for foreign investments, offering full rights for business incorporation. The process is straightforward but often requires local expertise due to language barriers, with various sectors like IT and food presenting investment opportunities. Key considerations for starting a business include choosing the appropriate company form, low operational costs, and understanding the taxation system with corporate tax rates of 19% and VAT of 23%.

1. Opening a Business
in Poland
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2. Poland is a country that offers
stability and economic growth,
along with a large internal
market.
Foreign investments are
welcomed and entrepreneurs
from different countries enjoy
full rights to incorporate and
own a business in the industries
that present potential.

3. Opening a business in
Poland is not a complicated
process, however, foreign
investors often choose to
work with a team of local
specialists because of the
language barrier and the
fact that official documents
and forms are submitted
and filled in Polish.

4. automotive and aviation;
the IT sector;
the food industry;
research and development, and
others.
A number of business sectors in
Poland present important potential
for investments. Among these are:
Business opportunities

5. Growth and quality
Poland is focused on improving the
business infrastructure and focusing
on multilateral growth.
Highly qualified employees
Poland offers access to a highly
qualified workforce in many business
fields, including IT.
Low maintenance costs
Company management in Poland is
subject to low costs, especially
employee-related ones, when
compared to those in other countries.
Advantages
for investors

6. Types of companies
Notable available choices
Corporations
The private limited liability
company is the most
popular business form.
Investors can also open a
public limited liability
company.
Partnerships
Two or more business
partners can agree to share
their business profits.
Personal liability needs to
be taken into consideration
in this case.
Branches
The branch is one of the
ways in which foreign
companies can enter the
market. The Polish branch
is dependent on the parent
company abroad.

7. Corporate tax
The standard corporate income
tax is 19% and a lower rate of 9%
applies to small companies
(subject to conditions).
VAT in Poland
The standard VAT rate is 23%
and two reduced rates of 5% and
8% apply in some cases.
Other taxes
Social security contributions,
stamp duty, transfer tax and real
property tax are some examples.
Taxation
in Poland

8. Choose the business form and
prepare the incorporation
documents;
Open a bank account;
Register the company with the
National Court Register;
Register for tax and
employment purposes.
Mandatory steps to
open a company

9. Assistance for
incorporation
Our team of lawyers can offer
complete legal assistance during
the incorporation of a business.
Reach out to us if you have
questions about the laws on foreign
investments, tax laws and other
information for business owners.

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