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  • 15 October 2026

    R&D employee absences – do holiday and sick leave reduce the tax relief?

    15:05 Bydr Piotr Sekulski InCIT
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    Do R&D employee absences mean that holiday pay or sick pay must be excluded from qualifying costs? Generally, no. The Polish Minister of Finance has confirmed that employer-funded holiday pay and sick pay may be included in the R&D tax relief calculation. The deduction still depends, however, on the employee’s monthly involvement in R&D activities, appropriate records and the entity that actually finances the relevant payment.

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  • 6 October 2026

    R&D tax relief – can a client-commissioned project qualify?

    10:41 Bydr Piotr Sekulski InCIT
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    Can a Polish company claim R&D tax relief for a project developed specifically for a client? Yes – working under a client contract does not automatically exclude the project from the relief. However, creating a new, customised or technologically advanced product is not sufficient on its own. Recent Polish court judgments show that the decisive factor is the actual development process rather than simply the final result.

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  • 12 August 2026

    R&D relief documentation – our article in Prawo.pl

    07:24 Bydr Piotr Sekulski InCIT
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    Is the fact that a project is innovative or technologically advanced sufficient to claim the Polish R&D tax relief? No. A taxpayer must also demonstrate that the work actually meets the statutory criteria for research and development activity. This is why R&D relief documentation is so important.

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  • 31 July 2026

    IP Box correction – our comment for Rzeczpospolita

    18:27 Bydr Piotr Sekulski InCIT
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    An IP Box correction may enable a business owner to apply the preferential 5% tax rate to income earned in previous years and recover the resulting tax overpayment. This issue was recently discussed by Rzeczpospolita, with several comments from Dr Piotr Sekulski, tax adviser at Outsourced.pl.

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  • 6 February 2024

    Taxes in IT

    09:58 Bydr Piotr Sekulski In12% lump sum
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    Taxes in IT are often a complicated and complex issue, especially at the beginning of the year. Together with Agnieszka Myśliwczyk, we decided to shed some light on the issue of lump sum rates, the choice of form of taxation, leasings and those topics that affect you on a daily basis. We invite you to watch/listen to our conversation!

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  • 1 December 2023

    IT taxes – which changes does the industry expect?

    10:32 Bydr Piotr Sekulski In12% lump sum
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    Taxes in IT – all tax incentives should lead to achieving specific goals of the legislator. One of them should be to leave the technology produced by experts in Poland. Is it time to introduce qualified, more favorable than current tax incentives for the Polish IT industry? Our experts’ commentary on this issue was published in the latest article on Prawa.pl.

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Piotr Sekulski, PhD

My name is Piotr Sekulski. I am a Polish tax advisor (entry no. 13740), Doctor of Law from the Jagiellonian University and founder of Outsourced.pl.

I specialize in tax advisory for the IT sector, B2B contractors, founders, technology companies and internationally mobile individuals. I advise clients on lump-sum taxation, PIT, CIT, VAT, Polish tax residency, RSU/ESOP taxation, R&D relief, IP Box, 50% tax-deductible costs and international tax matters.

I gained professional experience in tax advisory firms such as PwC, Thedy & Partners and CRIDO. I have advised on several hundred tax projects for the IT sector, new technologies and creative industries.

Blog Outsourced.pl

In response to numerous inquiries from our clients, we decided to launch a Tax Blog. We discuss current issues regarding the taxation of creative industries and the IT sector. Bearing in mind that that tax law, general law and accounting consist of hundreds of unclear and interrelated regulations, we try to organize the most important information and provide it in an accessible way.

We do not advise on the blog! This blog is supposed to be a source of information - however, each case should be approached individually. For a tax advice, please visit our website.

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