University of Silesia in Katowice

Every person who stays and works in Poland for at least 183 days per year or has the centre of his/her vital interests here is obliged to pay the tax on their income earned in Poland. The tax rates differ depending on the amount of the person’s remuneration and type of their employment contract. The University of Silesia in Katowice, as well as other employers, is obliged to make advancement of the monthly tax payments (personal income tax) for all its employees. Then, at the end of the year the Payroll Department sends the document listing all tax payments deducted from the employee’s remuneration during the year.

At the beginning of the next year every employee needs to collect tax documents (PIT-11) for the previous year from all their employers in Poland and submit the annual tax declaration at the Tax Office. It can be done using paper form, or electronically – the tax declaration will be prepared for you in the system. Your task is to check if the amounts of your income and the paid taxes (from all sources of income) in the system are the same as in the tax documents supplied by your employers, and then to send the declaration (also electronically). If there are differences they will have to be settled.

For more important information on taxes in Poland visit: Taxation | EURAXESS

e-Tax Office website: https://urzadskarbowy.gov.pl/