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On 1 July 2020, the new Act on Social Security shall come into force and implement changes at several points. Most important of the changes is that the currently applied contributions are to be merged into one single, flat rate contribution, simplifying and unifying the current structure, but in certain cases also increasing the amount of contribution payable by the employee.

SME INFO – POLAND Nr.2020-02: On 31 March 2020, the Parliament passed the laws that are a part of the Anti-Crisis Shield, including a new amendment regarding special arrangements for preventing and combating COVID-19, other infectious diseases and the crisis situations caused by them. Below you shall find an overview of the changes presented in the Act and a number of executive regulations that may affect business activity in Poland.

A package of bills in the Anti-crisis Shield Act has been accepted to assure the financial liquidity of companies and the safety of employees. Below you’ll find a summary of solutions regarding employment and Social Insurance Institution (referred to in the later part of the text as “ZUS”)

In this short newsletter, we summarize the most important changes in headlines. Some of the changes that have already been accepted will only come into effect in the summer of 2020 or later, but as they may require more preparation, we will briefly cover these ones as well.

In this short newsletter, we summarize the most important changes in labour law, social security contribution and tax income in Poland in 2020.

Czech parliament is expected to approve an amendment of the VAT Act with effective date 1.1.2019 with among other the following changes.