CIT – change of the date for filing CIT-ST
A small change, but essential for a number of taxpayers, was made to the regulations implementing the Polish Deal. It applies to filing the CIT-ST information.
The CIT-ST is prepared to determine the income due to the local government authorities from share in corporate income tax inflows. The CIT-ST form is filed by taxpayers who have sites (branches) located within an area under local government other than that of their registered office.
Provisions of the Polish Deal amended the wording of Art. 28 of the CIT Act regarding the dates by which the form should be filed. Additionally, the Regulation of the Minister of Finance of 4 December 2007 on accounting for income from the share of local government units in corporate income tax inflows (Journal of Laws No 230, Item 1693), which laid down said dates, was repealed.
What were the rules before the change?
Taxpayers who own sites (branches) located within an area under local government other than that of the registered office were obliged to file the CIT-ST form with the tax office by the date of payment of the monthly or quarterly tax prepayments and enclose the CIT-ST with their income (loss) return.
This information was submitted by the taxpayer to the head of the tax office
- on the date of payment of the tax prepayment for the first month of the calendar year;
- each time on the date of payment of the tax prepayment, if changes occurred in the status of employment which affected the percentage share of employees in the sites located within the area of a given local government unit;
- jointly with the annual tax return – for the last month of the tax year.
Current situation
Taxpayers who own sites (branches) located within an area under local government other than that of the registered office are obliged to file the CIT-ST form with the tax office by 31st March each year according to the status at 31 December of the preceding year.
Therefore,
- from 1.01.2022 taxpayers will not be obliged to file the CIT-ST according to the rules applicable in 2021 (and will not be obliged to file such information on the date of payment of the tax prepayments)
- taxpayers will be obliged to file the CIT-ST by 31.03.2022 according to the status as at 31.12.2021
The change simplifies the filing of CIT-ST, as taxpayers will no longer be obliged to verify during the year whether any changes occurred to the information provided under the CIT-ST form.
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