Global Human Resources Team
The GHRT (Global Human Resources Tax) team, currently consisting of more than 45 specialists, is the largest team in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax department. This group includes a partner, two directors, three senior managers, four managers and a large body of consultants who have extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of personal income taxation, social security issues, payroll and human resources administration as well as in procedures of legalization of work and stay. Our expertise in Polish, international and the EU regulations as well as constant monitoring of the changes in the tax and social security law enable us to provide our clients with comprehensive advisory aimed at solving problems encountered by the Polish and foreign companies.
Our services are primarily addressed to:
- Employers,
- Foreign nationals who perform work/deliver services in Poland,
- Polish nationals seconded to work abroad,
- Management and supervisory board members as well as management personnel,
- Individuals who obtain revenue from copyrights, patents and inventions,
- Partners and shareholders of partnerships and companies,
- Individuals conducting business activities.
Scope of our services:
Tax advisory
- Tax effective employment structures for Polish and foreign nationals,
- Tax planning for Polish nationals seconded abroad,
- Advisory regarding taxation of remuneration and additional benefits,
- Tax optimization for board members and management personnel,
- Tax effective employment structures for creative employees (experts, programmers, analysts, constructors, researchers etc.),
- Stock option plans,
- Taxation of revenues from sales of shares/enterprises,
- Tax advisory for high net worth individuals, to include international tax optimization,
- Specialized services for German-speaking Clients (German desk)
Tax compliance services
- Advisory regarding the taxpayer’s and the employer’s duties,
- Preparation of monthly tax declarations and annual tax reconciliations,
- Assistance in effecting tax payments to the appropriate tax offices,
- Applying for obtaining a taxpayer’s identification number (NIP) and data actualization, if necessary,
- Representing the Client during the administrative proceedings before the tax authorities (tax offices and chambers, Minister of Finance),
- Coordination of tax settlements between host and home countries.
Social security consulting services
- Consulting regarding the social security and health insurance implications of specific compensation and benefits elements
- Consulting regarding the social security implications of different legal titles forming the basis of remuneration
- Optimisation of engagement structures in the context of social security and health insurance burden
Social security – international transfers of employees
- Planning of efficient solutions connected with the secondment of employees in light of the social security regulations, including Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71,
- Preparation, on behalf of persons seconded to work within the European Union, of applications for E101/E102 forms confirming applicability of the social security legislation in a given country,
- Preparation of applications for European forms stating the possibility to take advantage of medical care in the host country
- Preparation of contracts for the assuming of remitter obligations by a foreign employer for persons employed in Poland, based on art. 109 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72,
- Preparation of social security and health insurance calculations, as well as preparation and filing with the appropriate authorities of registration and calculation documents for persons seconded to Poland, who are subject to obligatory Polish social security and health insurance,
- Preparation of documents necessary to register a person for the purposes of voluntary pension and disability insurance,
- Concluding, on behalf of the insured person, of agreements with the National Health Fund for the accession to voluntary health insurance,
- Representing clients in administrative proceedings before the Social Security Authority.
Human Resource Services
- Incentive systems - structuring a comprehensive remuneration systems,
- HR strategy - devising a personnel strategy and policy,
- Benchmarking - HR best practice,
- HR due diligence - assessment of investment risk in HR,
- Remuneration audit - referencing the firm's remuneration offer to the labour market,
- Competence systems - structuring of competence based management systems,
- HR effectiveness - evaluation of the effectiveness of HR procedures and processes.
Payroll services
- Calculation of monthly remuneration for the employees,
- Preparation of monthly and annual personal income tax declarations as well as social security declarations,
- Preparation of payroll lists for the company and its employees,
- Preparation of payroll summary reports for the company’s accounting purposes,
- Remuneration simulations,
- Payroll administration of civil contracts,
- Payroll audit services.
Legalization of work and stay
- Obtaining permit/extension of permit for performing work,
- Obtaining permission for taking up residence for a limited period of time for foreign nationals and their accompanying family members,
- Obtaining permit for taking up permanent residence on Polish territory,
- Registration of sojourn of the EU citizens on the territory of Poland,
- Obtaining a permit for sojourn for long-term EC residents,
- Official certification or acquisition of Polish citizenship,
- Placement of foreign documents in Polish offices,
- Validation of foreign diplomas and degrees,
- Obtaining certificates of clean criminal records of the foreign national in Poland,
- Immigration audit on the client’s request.
Contact
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tel: + 48 22 523 4000
