While regulations regarding e-invoicing have been liberalized, problems still exist for many business owners, reports Gazeta Prawna. Moreover, although e-documents do not require a signature, there is little certainty as to which ones will be accepted by the tax office. Tax authorities suggest that the authenticity of e-invoices can only be confirmed by way of an audit, the newspaper added.

Therefore, business have little guarantee that their documents will be accepted until they are already embroiled in a tax proceeding.

According to the Polish tax law cited, e-invoices that originate from a secure source where content has not been altered will be acceptable.

However, the Ministry of Finance has yet to define set protocols for businesses to prove compliance with both conditions.

EU law states that companies can define their own procedures to regulate this issue, but some analysts cited by the newspaper suggested that the laws governing e-invoicing in Poland are too general and have yet to satisfy the majority of business owners.

Poland A.M.