Abstract: The aim of the paper is to identify areas of the compliance management system and assess the advisability of including tax compliance within the compliance management system. The methodology involved an analysis of relevant literature, legal acts and compliance standards. The empirical part presents the results yielded having analysed areas of the compliance management systems in a sample of 10 entities listed on the WSE and included in the WIG 20 index. The studied entities were found to present a variety of information on compliance management systems without taking into account the area of tax compliance. According to the author, the implementation of a coherent overall compliance management system would bring many benefits regarding the fulfillment of tax obligations – e.g. in the field of MDR or transfer pricing – and also facilitate the conclusion of so-called "cooperation agreements" in the area of taxes and so-called "APA".
<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.15611/fins.2022.1.04">DOI: 10.15611/fins.2022.1.04</a>
<p>JEL Classification: M21</p>
<p>Keywords: management, taxes, corporate governance,corporate social responsibility</p>
<h2>1. Introduction </h2>
<p>Contemporary enterprises, apart from the necessity to achieve
long-term goals such as increasing the company's value and maintaining a
competitive advantage, face the challenge of meeting many regulatory
requirements. Legal requirements apply to both sector-specific areas and
those present in each industry, such as: accounting, taxes, labour law,
organizational law, environmental protection, etc. In theory and in
practice, organizational tools were created to support the process of
compliance with various types of requirements regarding the functioning
of the entity, such as the compliance management system. Due to the
relative novelty of the concept of compliance management, the material
scope of this area is still evolving. The aim of the paper was the
identification of the areas of the compliance management system, both in
theoretical and practical terms, and assessment of the advisability of
including tax compliance to the compliance management system. Based on
the analysis of the literature and legal regulations regarding
compliance and taxes, the following research questions were
formulated:</p>
<ul><li>
<p>What are the main goals of implementing the compliance management
system?</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Are there any reasons to include tax compliance in the compliance
management system?</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Do the compliance management systems currently operating in the
analysed entities contain an element of tax compliance?</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>What elements in the field of tax compliance could be included in the
compliance management systems?</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The structure of the paper was adapted to the purpose of the
research. The first part presents a review of the literature and law
regulations in relation to the concept of the compliance management
system. Next, the selected reasons for including tax compliance in the
corporate compliance management system are explained. The second part of
the article contains the results of the analysis of the compliance
system components in several sample entities, listed in the WIG20 index
of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, based on information published on websites
or shown in integrated reports, management board's reports (hereinafter
referred to management reports), or in sustainability reports. The
statements on the company's compliance with the corporate governance
principles contained in Best Practice for GPW Listed Companies and
information on the executed tax strategy were also verified. A content
analysis of texts was the method used for the collection of relevant
data and information from the literature, legal regulation, ISO
standards, corporate reports and corporate web sites.</p>
<h2>2. The
importance of the compliance management system – literature review </h2>
<p>The term ‘compliance’ is understood in a variety of ways, but
usually</p>
<p>means compliance with both the legal regulations and non-legal
standards and practices to which the entity has committed itself (Baer,
2009). The above-defined understanding of the concept of compliance
means a very wide range of legal regulations that must be complied with
regardless of the existence of criminal liability or the lack of it.
However, compliance with non-legal standards is associated with the need
to comply with the rules of such fields as quality, ethics, and respect
for the natural environment, namely factors that make up the broadly
understood concept of corporate social responsibility (Tomšic, Bojnec,
& Simcic, 2015; Windolph, Harms, & Schaltegger, 2014). The
management of such compliance is the essence of the Compliance
Management Systems created in organizations ( CMS). The main assumptions
of the CMS are included, among others, in the ISO 37301 (International
Organization for Standardization, 2021), which replaced the standard in
force since 2014 of ISO 19600 (International Organization for
Standardization, 2014). It should be noted that the standard can be used
by any type of organization, regardless of size, industry, or whether
the entity belongs to the public, private, or non-profit sector.</p>
<p>The compliance management system should reflect the organization’s
values, objectives, strategy, and compliance risks. The ISO standard
does not contain detailed guidelines indicating which areas should be
covered by the compliance management system. In general, it points to
such compliance requirements as: laws and regulations, permits, licenses
or other forms of authorization, judgements of courts, treaties,
conventions, agreements with public authorities, or customers,
organizational policies or procedures, voluntary principles or codes of
practice, environmental commitments, and industry standards.</p>
<p>According to the recommendations included in the ISO standard,
compliance management in an organization should be embedded in the
processes of financial management, risk, quality, environment and
occupational health and safety, as well as in its requirements and
operational procedures, which will allow to obtain tangible benefits by
reducing the risk of fines from non-compliance. The main goal of the CMS
is not only to detect inconsistencies but, above all, to prevent
them.</p>
<p>The literature mentions two ways of CMS functioning: by implementing
an ISO standard or by developing a system based on internal regulations.
The variety and complexity of internal regulations can be large,
especially in international corporations. The creation of these norms is
of a quasi-legislative nature (Braun, 2017, p. 23; Muchliński, 2009).
The literature abounds in a number of postulates regarding the scope of
the CMS (Parker & Nielsen, 2009; Parker & Gilad, 2011; Wu &
Liang, 2020).</p>
<p>For example, according to the Compliance in Poland 2021 Report, the
following were the main elements of the CMS: the code of ethics
(indicated by 88% of the respondents), the analysis of compliance risk
(85%), training (83%), information systems on irregularities (73%), and
business partner research (70%) (Wolters Kluwer, 2021).</p>
<p>The following areas of responsibility are also mentioned (Jurasz,
Kaczała, Kamińska-Kiempa, Napiórkowski, & Paryś, 2019,
pp.11-18):</p>
<ul><li>
<p>liability related to company law – in Poland, the Code of Commercial
Companies,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>responsibility for proper accounting,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>liability related to labour law,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>liability related to corruption,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>responsibility regarding the protection of personal data,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>responsibility in the field of combating unfair competition and
protecting business secrets,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>liability regarding the prohibition of the use of abusive clauses in
contracts with customers,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>liability relating to tax law,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>environmental responsibility.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The above-mentioned areas are generally regulated by law, and CMS is
required to develop a compliance management policy. The responsibility
for this rests with the management team, and above all the members of
the management board. Pursuant to the provisions of law, the management
board is required to exercise due diligence in complying with the legal
requirements. In Poland this concept is defined in the Civil Code,
according to which: "due diligence of the debtor in the scope of his
economic activity is determined taking into account the professional
nature of this activity" (Ustawa z dnia 23 kwietnia 1964…, art. 355 par.
1 and 2). Considering the above, it can be expected that management
boards will increasingly implement CMS, which is also in line with the
results of the "Compliance in Poland 2021" study, where 73% of the
respondents indicated that CMS will gain importance in the future
(Wolters Kluwer, 2021).</p>
<h2>3. Selected
reasons for including tax compliance in compliance management systems
based on the example of Poland</h2>
<p>Accounting and tax compliance has been the subject of a vast amount
of research (Andreoni, Erard, & Feinstein, 1998; Chang, Chen, Cheng,
& Chi, 2019; Marandu, Mbekomize, & Ifezue, 2015; Lee, Gokalp,
& Kim, 2021; Nalukenge, Nkundabanyanga, & Ntayi, 2018;). The
context of the research includes, among others, compliance costs,
attitudes in the field of tax avoidance, internal control, and tax
management. However, tax compliance is relatively rarely the subject of
research in terms of its inclusion in business processes and treatment
in a systemic perspective (Bătrâncea, Nichita, Bătrâncea, &
Moldovan, 2012; Randlane, 2016; Remmerbach, & Krumme, 2020;
Thottoli, 2022).</p>
<p>The multitude of tax and balance sheet law regulations imposes on
enterprises a number of supervisory and reporting obligations. For
example, according to Polish accounting regulations, the management
board of a commercial law company is responsible for, mong others, the
internal control necessary for the correct preparation of financial
statements, including the correctness of tax settlements, and the
supervisory board is responsible for supervising the financial reporting
process (Ustawa z dnia 29 września 1994…, art. 4a and 24 ust. 4 pkt. 3).
In turn, in the public interest entities, i.e. listed companies, the
Polish standards of the Act on statutory auditors provide for additional
obligations of the supervisory board in the scope of monitoring the
effectiveness of internal control systems and risk management systems,
including in the tax area (Ustawa z dnia 11 maja 2017…, art. 130 ust. 1
pkt. 1).</p>
<p>In addition, companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange should
annually submit a statement on the company's compliance with the
corporate governance principles contained in Best Practice for GPW
listed companies (Uchwała Nr 13/1834/2021 Rady Nadzorczej…). This is in
line with the EU Commission’s recommendation on the quality of corporate
governance reporting, where there is a rule directly related to the CMS:
“Listed companies maintain efficient internal control, risk management
and compliance systems and an efficient internal audit function adequate
to the size of the company and the type and scale of its activity; the
management board is responsible for their functioning” (EU Commission,
2014).</p>
<p>The cited regulations define quite generally responsibility in the
field of compliance and do not contain guidelines as to how the internal
control system in the field of accounting, financial reporting, and
taxes, is to be constructed in practice.</p>
<p>Listed entities that meet certain requirements (e.g. 500 employees)
are required to report on non-financial information. The number of
entities subject to the obligation of non-financial reporting will
expand in the reports for 2023 due to the reduction of the threshold
related to employment to 250 people. In the following years, the scope
of disclosure of non-financial information, including that in terms of
sustainability and corporate social responsibility, will evolve and
expand.</p>
<p>The required form of presentation of non-financial information varies
and includes reports such as: sustainability report, CSR report,
integrated report (including both financial and non-financial
information), as well as management reports. The scope of non-financial
reporting currently includes: a description of the policies applied by
the entity in relation to social and labour issues, the natural
environment, respect for human rights and counteracting corruption, as
well as a description of the results of applying these policies; a
description of due diligence procedures. It should be noted that the
subjective scope of the presented non-financial information, as well as
in the field of financial information, should be covered by the
Compliance Management System.</p>
<p>As of 1 January 2021, taxpayers in Poland whose revenue value in the
tax year exceeded the equivalent of EUR 50 million (according to the
average NBP exchange rate, announced on the last business day of the
calendar year preceding the reporting year) and tax capital groups
regardless of the amount of revenues achieved are required to publish
information on the executed tax strategy on their website or the website
of a related entity (Ustawa z dnia 15 lutego 1992…, par. 27c). A similar
obligation exists in other countries such as Great Britain, Austria, and
the Netherlands. Pursuant to the regulations, the minimum scope of
information on the implemented tax strategy includes:</p>
<ul><li><p>information on voluntary forms of cooperation used by the
taxpayer with the bodies of the National Revenue
Administration,</p></li>
<li><p>information on transactions with related entities, the value of
which exceeds 5% of the balance sheet total of assets,</p></li>
<li><p>information on the restructuring activities planned or undertaken
by the taxpayer,</p></li>
<li><p>information on the processes and procedures for managing the
performance of obligations under tax law and ensuring their proper
performance,</p></li>
<li><p>information on the settlements in countries applying harmful tax
competition (transactions with entities based in tax havens).</p></li>
</ul>
<p>The variety of reporting obligations in Poland results from the wide
scope of various types of taxes functioning in the Polish tax system.
Individual taxes are subject to separate legal regulations and reporting
obligations. It is obvious that the tax authorities are concerned with
the greatest possible tax revenues, hence instruments are implemented to
capture any irregularities. For example, in the Polish tax system, a
general anti-avoidance clause (GAAR) has been in place since 2016 and
under it, cases are pending in the National Tax Administration (Ustawa z
dnia 29 sierpnia 1997…, par. 119a).</p>
<p>Another exemplary instrument to prevent tax avoidance is the need to
report information on tax schemes Mandatory Disclosure Rules ( MDR) in a
situation where the taxpayer has applied some arrangement, the main
purpose of which is to achieve a tax benefit (Ustawa z dnia 29 sierpnia
1997…, par. 86a). Another example is the transfer pricing obligations
relating to the need to demonstrate that related entities in their
mutual settlements apply market conditions (Ustawa z dnia 15 lutego
1992, chapter 3). The subject of special reporting are all transactions
concluded directly or indirectly with entities from tax havens. In the
literature, one can come across demands to include the transfer pricing
area in the CMS (Baldenius, Melumad, & Reichelstein, 2004; Cools,
Emmanuel, & Jorissen, 2008; Cools & Slagmulder, 2009; Hummel,
Pfaff, & Bisig, 2019).</p>
<p>A novelty in Polish regulations are the provisions of the Tax
Ordinance, section IIB, entitled “Cooperation”, introduced by the Act on
resolving disputes related to double taxation and concluding advance
pricing agreements (Ustawa z dnia 16 października 2019…; Ustawa z dnia
29 sierpnia 1997…), enabling the conclusion of the so-called
“cooperation agreements” in the field of taxes. Such a civil law
contract will allow for obtaining a number of special privileges, mainly
in the form of no tax inspections, no obligations in relation to the
so-called “national schemes”, or (under certain conditions) limiting
certain sanctions, e.g. in VAT. In order to conclude a cooperation
agreement, the enterprise must meet several conditions, including
showing revenues for the last tax year not lower than the equivalent of
EUR 50 million and obtain a positive opinion of the National Tax
Administration on the basis of a preliminary audit for the last two tax
years. Above all, however, the company must implement the so-called
“internal tax supervision framework”. The Ministry of Finance has
published on its website a draft of the document entitled “Guidelines on
the Framework for Internal Tax Supervision”, to cover and describe in
detail such areas as:</p>
<ul><li>
<p>the company's tax strategy,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>tax order,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>tax risk management system,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>human resources and liability management system in terms of the tax
function,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>document management and IT systems.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>As a result of the implementation of the framework, the enterprise
must have documented procedures related to audit and internal control,
tax risk management and the performance of all functions related to tax
compliance.</p>
<p>In view of the above, tax compliance should be defined as the correct
fulfilment of tax obligations imposed on taxpayers in accordance with
current tax legislation. In order to meet the examples of the
above-mentioned requirements in the field of tax information reporting,
it seems advisable to implement a tax compliance management system. The
integration of the tax compliance area into the overall Compliance
Management System should involve the development of specific policies
and procedures tailored to the specifics of the organization, along with
the assignment of responsibility for their observance to specific
employees. This requires a thorough analysis of all the processes taking
place in the company in order to identify any risks that threaten the
company's tax security. Such an approach is in line with the
requirements of the Tax Ordinance applicable in Poland, which is to have
"an effective and adequate set of identified and described processes and
procedures for managing the performance of obligations under tax law and
ensuring their proper execution. Properly implemented Tax CMS allows the
company to manage tax risks, limiting the liability of managers and
increasing tax security. This is because due diligence is ensured, which
significantly reduces criminal tax liability. The risks associated with
failure to pay adequate attention to tax compliance include not only tax
risks manifested in the necessity to pay taxes with interest, but also
the imposition of penalties or sanctions or consequences provided for in
the Fiscal Penal Code. The consequence of violating tax compliance can
be the loss of a company's credibility and reputation, as well as a
number of negative consequences for managers who will be held
responsible in this regard.</p>
<h2>4. Assessment
of the compliance management system of exemplary entities – research
results </h2>
<p>To identify areas of compliance management in practice, a research
sample was selected including ten corporate groups listed in the WIG20
index of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The content of the CMS presented by
these entities as part of the information published on corporate
websites or in integrated reports, CSR reports, management reports and
sustainability reports was assessed. Selected data are presented in
Table 1.</p>
<p><strong>Table 1.</strong> Summary of available information on
Compliance Management Systems in selected entities listed in the WIG20
index of the Warsaw Stock Exchange</p>
<table class="table table-bordered">
<colgroup>
<col></col>
<col></col>
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr><th>Entity/sector/ Source of data</th>
<th>Published information on Compliance Management Systems</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tr><td>ALLEGRO/ internet commerce/ ESG Report 2021, Management Report
2021</td>
<td>In the ESG report, under the heading of compliance, it refers
primarily to compliance with the Code of Ethics. Moreover, such
regulations in the scope are generally mentioned: Anti-corruption Rules,
Gifts and Benefits Regulations, Diversity Policy, Inspection Procedure,
Agreements Procedure, Tax Governance Policy Supplier Verification
Procedure and Suppliers Code of Conduct, Training Policy, EU Charity,
Social and Sponsoring Activities Policy, Human Rights Policy. Management
Report: no reference to the compliance management system.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>ASSECO/IT/ Report on non-financial information 2021, Management
Report 2021</td>
<td>Report on non-financial information: no reference to the compliance
management system. The issues presented in the report relate to the
following issues: social, labour, environmental and climate, respect for
human rights, anti-corruption. The Management Report is accompanied by a
report on the application of corporate governance principles where there
is no reference to the compliance management system.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>CCC/ footwear industry/ Report on non-financial information 2021,
Management Report 2021</td>
<td>In the introduction to the non-financial report, there is a
reference to compliance with the code of ethics. Other reported
information concerns: responsible product, natural environment and
responsibility towards people. Management Report: no reference to the
compliance management system.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>CD PROJEKT/ video games/ Sustainability Report 2021, Management
Report 2021</td>
<td>In Sustainability Report: information on the implementation of the
Compliance Management Policy, which is based on the principle of
continuous improvement and adjustment, both to the regulatory needs and
the needs of current operations, so that the balance between compliance
and the company's business goals is maintained. Management Report: no
reference to the compliance management system.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>CYFROWY POLSAT/TV/ CSR Report 2021, Management Report 2021</td>
<td>There is no reference to the management system in both reports.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>DINO/ food retail/ Management Report 2021</td>
<td>As part of the compliance management system, the group undertakes
activities in the following areas: monitoring the regulatory environment
of business processes, assessing and analysing the risk of
non-compliance of companies' operations with the provisions of law,
guidelines, internal regulations and standards, coordination of the
process of creating, implementing and updating internal regulations at
the Company, monitoring compliance with the rules adopted in internal
regulations in the field of compliance management, controlling the
compliance of organizational units with decisions and internal
regulations of the Company, conducting training courses for
employees.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>JSW/mining sector/ Compliance system – brochure, Management Report
2021</td>
<td>Pursuant to the Management Board's Report on the activities of the
Management Board, there is a Control, Risk Management and Compliance
System. The process of preparing financial statements is described in
detail in a separate brochure. The compliance system covers such areas
as: proper handling of confidential information, proper protection of
personal data, verification of compliance with internal regulations,
supervision over compliance with ethical standards, verification of
legal compliance, development of an educational and information
programme, handling of reported irregularities (whistleblowing).</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>PGE/energy sector/ Report on non-financial information 2021,
Management Report 2021</td>
<td>The compliance management system is based on the guidelines of ISO
19600, and work is underway to adapt to the new ISO 37301: 2021
standard. The compliance area focuses on: promoting the principles of
fair business in the PGE Group, including the application of the
provisions of the Code of Ethics, conducting preventive and preventive
measures in the field of counteracting fraud, in particular in the field
of counteracting corruption, money laundering and financing of
terrorism. It supports activities in the following areas: shaping proper
employer-employee relations, managing conflicts of interest, ensuring
process transparency, in particular in the field of projects and
investments, trading in energy and derivative products and purchasing,
ensuring competition and consumer protection, ensuring environmental
protection, and partially ensuring safety of information.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>PKN ORLEN/fuel sector/Integrated Report 2021</td>
<td>A detailed and broad description of the Control, Risk Management and
Compliance System functioning in the group. The process of preparing
financial statements is described in detail.</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>TAURON/energy sector/ Sustainability Report 2020, WWW information,
Management Report 2021</td>
<td>In the Sustainability Report, a direct reference to the group's
policy of compliance with the Principles of Ethics and Counteracting
Mobbing and Discrimination was implemented in May 2019. More detail on
the website. The task of the Group Compliance Management System is to
ensure compliance of the Group's operations with: provisions of law,
provisions of internal and internal regulations, standards of ethics.
The following areas are described: the code of responsible business,
verification of contractors, anti-corruption policy, conflict of
interest, human rights policy</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Source: own work based on (ALLEGRO, ASSECO, CCC, CD PROJEKT, CYFROWY
POLSAT, DINO, JSW, PGE, PKN ORLEN, TAURON).</p>
<p>It should be noted that the analysed entities as listed on the stock
exchange are required to submit a statement on the company's compliance
with the corporate governance principles contained in Best Practice for
GPW Listed Companies on an annual basis. According to the verification
of declarations made by the analysed entities, all of them meet the
following rule: “Listed companies maintain efficient internal control,
risk management and compliance systems and an efficient internal audit
function adequate to the size of the company and the type and scale of
its activity; the management board is responsible for their
functioning.”</p>
<p>However, when analysing the data included in Table 1, it should be
noted that the entities achieve the fulfillment of the above-specified
rule in different ways. Some, such as JSW or Tauron, present a
description of the functioning compliance management systems directly on
their websites, e.g. in the form of downloadable brochures. The term
‘compliance system’ did not appear in the report on the activities of
the management board for 2021. The company presented the scope of the
corporate governance and the risk management system as well as the
internal control and risk management system in relation to the process
of preparing financial statements and consolidated financial statements.
The corporate risk management system and the scope of application of
corporate governance, without reference to the compliance system, are
described in the report on the activities of the JSW Management Board.
Furthermore, in the reports on the activities of the Management Board of
other entities, there are no references to compliance management
systems, with the exception of DINO, for which it is the only place
presenting information and CMS. In some of the analysed entities (PGE,
CDPROJEKT, CCC, ALLEGRO), information on CMS is included in the
presented non-financial information in sustainability reports, CSR. Due
to the scope of the subject matter of reports presenting non-financial
information, information on the use of CMS relates only to the areas
presented. At ASSECO and CYFROWY POLSAT, there is no information about
CMS in any of the analysed reports. PKN ORLEN published an integrated
report for 2020, in which, as part of the CMS presentation, various
areas of compliance management were presented in detail, in such areas
as: accounting, risk management, integrated management system, and
monitoring of legal and regulatory compliance. Based on the analysed
information, a coherent and comprehensive compliance management system
that functions only in this entity emerged.</p>
<p>As part of the identification of the content of the corporate
compliance management system, information on the implemented tax
strategy, required by law and published on websites, was verified. For
example, in the information published by PGE there are assurances about
the use of several procedures and the functioning of many processes
related to the management of the tax function, which is to ensure the
performance of obligations under tax law and reduce tax risk, but there
is no reference as to whether the tax compliance system operates in this
respect. Similar data were included in the remaining analysed
information on the implemented tax strategy.</p>
<h2>5. Conclusion</h2>
<p>The wide range of legal requirements and internal regulations that
are in force in modern corporations creates the need for comprehensive
supervision over compliance with these regulations. A Compliance
Management System has been implemented in many organizations to support
management boards in ensuring legal security. A properly implemented
coherent CMS is expected to lower the risk of the allegation of improper
diligence, which, in fiscal criminal law, is considered a sufficient
premise of willful misconduct enabling the prosecution of fiscal
offenses.</p>
<p>Summarising the results of the analysis of various types of documents
published by selected entities, it should be stated that entities
appreciate the advantages of implementing CMS and generally have some
CMS elements implemented, which is in line with the postulates presented
in the cited literature. There is, however, a great deal of variation in
the approach to the Compliance Management System. The information is
provided in fragments in reports on non-financial information,
management reports and other sources. It can be noticed that the
compliance services focus on non-financial information on ethics,
employee matters, and environmental impact. Even though the management
boards of the audited entities declare compliance with the regulations
regarding accounting, internal control, reporting, and taxes in the
statements on the company's compliance with the corporate governance
principles contained in Best Practice for GPW Listed Companies and
Information on the executed tax strategy, there is no reference to the
presence of the procedures in question in the CMS.</p>
<p>The main limitation of the research should be emphasised, namely the
lack of access to detailed internal regulations regarding compliance
management systems. The analysis was based only on publicly available
data, most of which originate from the lack of a comprehensive and
holistic view of the CMS.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, including tax compliance in CMS brings several benefits
for the fulfillment of obligations imposed on management boards, for
example in the field of settlement of various types of taxes, the need
to adapt to rapidly introduced changes in regulations (such as those
resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic and the so-called "New Deal" in
Poland) as well as transfer pricing reports, MDR reports and information
on the executed tax strategy. In addition, the inclusion of the tax area
may support the fulfillment of the conditions for the conclusion of the
cooperation agreements in the area of taxation, as well as Advanced
Pricing Agreements ( APA) in the field of transactions within related
entities, which, for many companies and their authorities, will be a
desirable form of risk protection along with obtaining additional
privileges. Implementing the tax area into CMS is an important tool for
mitigating tax risks in the context of management liability, as well as
reducing the risk of loss of company credibility and reputation as a
result of tax violations.</p>
<p>In addition to the listed benefits of including taxation in the CMS,
there are some disadvantages associated with this approach. The most
important of these is the increased complexity of the CMS and the need
for knowledge of the tax area by the managers responsible for the CMS.
The CMS system expanded with tax compliance procedures may cause
difficulties in monitoring its performance.</p>
<p>A further direction of research considered by the author is the
exploration of the perception of the need to extend compliance
management systems with elements of transfer pricing in the opinion of
company managers.</p>
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