Powołanie się na fakt nabycia własności rzeczy lub praw majątkowych w toku czynności sprawdzających jako przesłanka zastosowania sankcyjnej stawki podatku od spadków i darowizn
Assertion of the acquisition of property or property rights in the course of verification activities as a condition for the application of sanction tax rate on inheritance and donations

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is to answer the question - whether at the time of verification, the taxpayer may rely on the fact of the acquisition of property or property rights in the case of donation or grantor’s order? In the Article. 272 of the Act of 29 August 1997 (consolidated text: Dz. U. of 2012., Pos. 749 – here in after referred to as: Op) legislator pointed out that the verification proceedings should confine itself to formal activities related to, among others, checking the timeliness of submitting declaration. On the basis of the analysis of the above article, it should be noted that it is not possible for the taxpayer to rely on the fact of donation grant during the checking proceedings. However, the art. 274a O.P. shows that the tax authority may require a clarification of the grounds of failure to submit the declaration or may summon to submit it if no declaration has been made in spite of such an obligation. On the other hand, it is stated in the paragraph 2 of the legislature that in case of doubt, the tax authority may call upon to provide, within the prescribed period, the necessary explanations. On the grounds stated above, the question may arise whether in the course of explanations during the verification proceedings one can rely on the fact of receiving donations. Particularly noteworthy is the lack of reference to Section IV of Chapter 11 of the Tax Code. The legislator deprives the taxpayer the possibility to refuse to testify, which significantly affects its legal situation. This way of legislation makes the position of the taxpayer, who is submitting the explanations in the course of verification proceedings, weaker than the position of the taxpayer who is being questioned on the basis of Art. 199 O.P. The article presents not only the proposals to amend various provisions of the Tax Ordinance Act but also the doctrine and judicial decisions in the discussed area.

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