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Jan Sarnowski

Counsel | Warsaw

Experience

Tax advisor, LL.M., member of the EU VAT Expert Group. Jan is a specialist in Polish and German tax, business and commercial law, an expert in legal and tax handling of investment processes and cross-border transactions. He gained his experience, among others, in international legal and tax consulting firms in Berlin and Warsaw.

From 2016 to 2018, advisor to the Minister of Development and Finance, responsible for coordinating the implementation of tax solutions to support investment and innovation. From 2018 to 2019, deputy director of the Income Tax Department and head of the Legal and Comparative Analysis Team at the Ministry of Finance. Co-founder and deputy director of the GovTech Poland program, expert of the Polish Economic Institute, member of the Supervisory Board of the Social Insurance Institution.

Deputy Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2022, heading the tax legislation division. He was responsible for the implementation of a number of preferences for entrepreneurs in the manufacturing and new technology industries (including the Estonian CIT, VAT groups, the Investment Agreement, the Polish Holding Company, allowances for prototyping, robotization and expansion, and supporting investment through venture capital funds). Creator of the legal framework for the operation of new e-services of the administration (Your e-PIT, e-Tax Office, e-Paragons and National e-Invoice System). Managed the implementation of the provisions of the EU VAT e-commerce package into Polish law, the implementation of successive packages of simplifications in the tax on goods and services (SLIM VAT), the introduction of changes in double taxation agreements with Malta and the Netherlands, and work on determining the rules for taxation of family foundations. As Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Finance for International Cooperation on VAT, he was responsible for the process of technological cooperation with the administrations of developing countries. The result of his work was that Poland signed the first agreements on automatic exchange of information in the field of VAT.

From 2022 to 2023, a member of the board of directors and chief financial officer at Korporacja Ubezpieczeń Kredytów Eksportowych SA, an insurance company specializing in securing domestic and international trade and its financing. Member of the Subcommittee on Taxation of Insurance Activities and originator and chairman of the Education Team of the Polish Insurance Association.

Employee of the Department of Taxes at the Warsaw School of Economics. Author and co-author of more than 50 publications in the field of law and economics.

Competence

QUALIFICATION Tax Advisor
LANGUAGE Polish, English, German
EDUCATION Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw
University of Cologne (LL.M.)
WWU Münster and Thomas M. Cooley Law School

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