Legal basis · Tax field audit

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oszacowanie podstawy opodatkowania — estimation of the tax base

Findings at a glance

  • Traceability of the calculation
  • Completeness of the data basis
  • Business-specific benchmark
  • Official benchmark tables

exceeded

Traceability of the calculationexceeded

The authority must give reasons for its choice of estimation method. The estimate should aim at a level close to the ACTUAL tax base.

CitationOrdynacja podatkowa, Art. 23 § 5

What we provideEvery figure is traceable down to the individual document. The chain of calculation can be walked in both directions — from the result to the document and back.

Completeness of the data basisexceeded

Estimation applies where tax books are absent or their data does not permit the tax base to be determined.

CitationOrdynacja podatkowa, Art. 23 § 1

What we provideA full census across all accounts, suppliers and product groups. No sampling is used; 100 per cent is the upper limit and cannot be exceeded by any method.

Further information — 2 axes

Business-specific benchmarkexceeded

The statutory catalogue names internal comparison (turnover of the same business in earlier periods), external comparison (similar businesses in similar conditions) and the inventory method.

CitationOrdynacja podatkowa, Art. 23 § 3

What we provideThe calculation rests on the recipes and quantities of the audited business, not on an industry average.

Official benchmark tablesexceeded

No official benchmark tables, but a statutory catalogue of methods with a duty to give reasons for the choice made.

CitationOrdynacja podatkowa, Art. 23 § 3 bis § 5

What we provideThe actual mark-up of the business is determined and set against the official figure — with a reasoned classification.

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