The government meeting has started. The agenda includes projects to amend accounting rules and regulations related to ensuring the availability of certain products and services by business entities. This includes: o General purpose computers and their operating systems, payment terminals and ATMs.
According to the agenda, the cabinet will consider a draft amendment to the Annual Accounts Act and the Act on Accountants, Accountancy Organizations and Public Supervision. The purpose of the draft amendment that has been prepared is to introduce into the Polish legal order EU regulations that impose the obligation on large companies to publish data on taxes paid.
The proposed changes introduced by this project impose the obligation to prepare an income tax report for all large multinational companies that have their registered office or place of management in the territory of the Republic of Poland, as well as for multinational companies from outside the EEA (European Economic Affairs). Area – PAP) that carries out business activities in the territory of the Republic of Poland through a branch or subsidiary
– we read in the motivation of the project. The European Economic Area includes the countries of the European Union and Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein; Switzerland is not part of the EEA.
The justification for the project explains that such companies are already required to provide tax authorities with information on income taxes paid and other tax-related information, broken down by country. However, one of the EU directives required such companies to disclose income tax paid information and other tax-related information on a country-by-country basis.
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Limitation of exclusion
The government will also discuss a draft law that will ensure that business entities meet the requirements for the availability of certain products and services. The project was prepared by the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. It will implement EU Directive 2019/882 into Polish regulations, which regulates the issue of accessibility requirements for certain products and services offered by business entities. One of the fundamental objectives of the proposed regulations is to reduce social exclusion and enable people with disabilities to live independently in society.
The project specifies accessibility requirements for, among others: general purpose computers and their operating systems, payment terminals, ATMs, consumer terminal equipment used for the provision of telecommunications services, audiovisual media services and e-book readers.
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Source: wPolityce