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Dr hab. Bogumił Pahl
ORCID: 0000-0003-4089-7580

Head of the Department of Financial Law and Tax Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn; member of the Expert Team for Local Tax Law.

 
DOI: 10.33226/0137-5490.2024.8.3
JEL: K

The article presents, based on the actual situation, the issue of taxation of water and sewage infrastructure structures owned by a local government budgetary entity. The nature of the activities of this category of public finance sector entities implies that they provide their services for a fee. However, the payment does not determine the commercial nature of the activity within the scope of the commune's own tasks. The main objective of the article is to verify the thesis according to which, in certain situations, activities within the scope of a commune's own tasks performed by a local government budgetary institution do not constitute economic activity and, consequently, buildings used for this purpose are not subject to real estate tax.

Keywords: water and sewage infrastructure; taxation of buildings; local government budgetary entities
DOI: 10.33226/0137-5490.2022.11.3
JEL: K

The main objective of the article is to verify the thesis according to which remotely controlled switches placed on medium voltage (MV) overhead lines are a component of the power grid, and thus their values should be included in the tax base for structures related to running a business. The problem of taxing this type of installation (equipment) results from the legal definition of the term "structure" regulated in Art. 1a paragraph 1 point 2 of the Act on Local Taxes and Fees, which in its content refers to the provisions of the construction law.

Keywords: real estate tax; electricity companies; construction; remotely controlled switches placed on medium voltage overhead lines
DOI: 10.33226/0137-5490.2021.9.4
JEL: K34

The main aim of this article is an attempt to identify and organize the categories of technical devices subject to real estate tax. It is a complex and interdisciplinary subject. This is due to the fact that the provisions of the tax law refer to the regulations of the construction law when defining the term "building". As a result, many doubts arise with the classification of given things as potential objects of taxation. In order to solve numerous problems arising at the stage of applying the provisions of the Act on Local Taxes and Fees, it seems necessary to amend this part of the tax law.

Keywords: real estate tax; building; technical equipment