What is the process for setting up a business in Poland?

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Dec 5, 11, 09:30 #1

Hi I am starting a language school in Gdansk and have had conflicting advice on setting up and registering the business. I have done my own research online and think the process is . first apply for a Nip number and Pessel, I am the sole owner of the business it is not partnership? is there any other registration I have to do? I.e i think i can set up as a sole trader. i will be employing a teacher , but will start off just by myself taking classes. Any advice please, would be most helpful as I have had such different advice from some polish friends here.

hythornThreads: 6 Posts: 843 Joined: Feb 21, 08 ♂	Dec 5, 11, 10:02 #2
cambridgemark Delph would have been the perfect person to answer this question but the mods suspended him having said that he would have also gone into a rant about the state of the teaching market in Poland when you say employ another teacher do you mean employ or simply cooperate with? please tell us more about this other teacher

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Dec 5, 11, 13:10 #3

hythorn:

Delph would have been the perfect person to answer this question but the mods suspended him

Yes. Tim to bring Delph and Harry back.

cambridgemark:

first apply for a Nip number and Pessel

First go to the town hall and register according to the category your work falls into. Then take the bit of paper to the tax office for a NIP - you might have to wait a while, but you can use your own NIP for a sole trader business - same with the bank account. Then go to GUS for a REGON. Then to ZUS to register for National Insurance.. You don't need a PESEL (I've never had one in 12 years). Throw nothing away. Take a Polish person with you if you don't speak the language well.

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Dec 5, 11, 16:55 #4

cambridgemark:

Hi I am starting a language school in Gdansk and have had conflicting advice on setting up and registering the business. I have done my own research online and think the process is . first apply for a Nip number and Pessel, I am the sole owner of the business it is not partnership? is there any other registration I have to do? I.e i think i can set up as a sole trader. i will be employing a teacher , but will start off just by myself taking classes. Any advice please, would be most helpful as I have had such different advice from some polish friends here.

What will your school be called? I'd like to know because friends of mine in Gdańsk are looking for a school and it would be useful to know where not to send them.

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Dec 6, 11, 15:43 #5

hey thanks, I am having problems now registering and obtaining a pessel. I think Gdansk is way behind the times and operating on a level comparable to 30 years ago, it is interesting about not needing a pessel.. so it is back to the town hall and registering. the main problem I came up against was being registered by a property owner as living at an address, most will not do it and every Polish person I know is not registered... but I will plug away and let you know how I get on. good news about pessel though, because it is that office here that is creating all the problems.

I have some :Polish friends who are helping me in this and in answer to the first reply, we are 'cooperating'.

last question, ha, yes very funny.. I know for sure it will be better than the exiting schools here. I hear complaints from disgruntled students.

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