Who cannot run an accounting office in Poland?

A person cannot run an accounting office in Poland if they:

• do not have full legal capacity;
• have been convicted by a final court judgment for a crime against the credibility of documents, property, economic turnover, money and securities trading, tax offenses, and for crimes specified in Chapter 9 of the Accounting Act.

Who can keep accounting books in Poland?

Anyone can keep accounting books in Poland if they:

• have full legal capacity;
• have not been convicted by a final court judgment for a crime against the credibility of documents, property, economic turnover, money and securities trading, tax offenses, and for crimes specified in Chapter 9 of the Accounting Act of November 4, 2022 (consolidated text, Journal of Laws of 2023, item 120, as amended).

Does a Polish accounting office need a license?

A Polish accounting office does not need any license. Currently, there are no statutory requirements in Poland regarding licenses for accounting offices, certifications for accounting offices, or the licensing or certifying of accounting offices or the services they provide.

What does it mean in a contract with a Polish accounting office that the contract for accounting services can be terminated one month in advance at the end of the calendar month?

This clause in a contract with a Polish accounting office means that there is a one-month notice period for terminating the contract, with the termination taking effect on the last day of the month in which this one-month period expires. Therefore, if the contract is terminated on July 5, it will end on the last day of August; if terminated on July 30, it will also end on the last day of August. Please note that the actual period after which such a contract will terminate may be much longer than one month (despite the one-month notice period) and, in extreme cases, may be nearly two months. It is also important that the notice period starts not on the day the notice is signed but on the day the statement of termination is communicated to the accounting office (reaches it). Such termination should also be made in the same form in which the accounting services contract was concluded. If the contract was made in writing, the termination should also be in writing (and not by email or phone).

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Bookkeeping office in Warsaw

PHONE: +48 22 292 47 21
EMAIL: biuro.warszawa@prwt.pl

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