The Polish consulting firm has a comprehensive tax practice with dedicated teams that cover specific areas: R&D tax, litigation, and personal tax services. Other tax service offerings include transfer pricing, tax structuring, expert witness, and more. The tax partners spearheading the tax practice are Sylwia Kulczycka, Aleksandra Bońkowska, Tobiasz Dolny, and Daniel Banach.
The R&D tax team’s in-depth knowledge of regulatory frameworks and business processes has garnered trust from large Polish companies and corporations, to guide them on tax implementation and optimisation of R&D tax relief.
Alto Litigation team specialises in complex high-value cases where intricate legal nuance and business strategy are crucial. The team’s combination of tax advisers, legal counsels, and financial experts together offers a well-rounded team to provide innovative solutions and gain precedential rulings. Tax areas covered are, but not limited to, income tax, VAT, real estate tax, and withholding tax, often involving multi-million Euro exposures.
The Personal Tax Services team, led by Sylwia Kulczycka, has strengthened its presence in insurance, outsourcing, and transport over the years with its tailored, impactful tax solutions for a range of clients in various industries. The team’s peculiar approach involves a synergy of interdisciplinary and a flexible system focusing on assisting foreign companies with inbound investments and not only on global mobility.
Client feedback
“Alto Poland's knowledge and staff helped us when the company was in a very complicated situation. Alto is a really professional company with very pleasant staff to work with.”
“Professional attitude, direct and clear communication, very responsive, high quality of services, competitive prices.”
“All contacts with ALTO are very professional and teams dedicated to certain field of expertise are top quality in terms of communication and service provided.”
“Pro-active and pro-business approach, great client service, amazing competencies in the tax field, great value for money”
“Alto team consists of people who are specialists in various fields, so depending on the needs, they can support companies in various areas of law, accounting or taxes. They are characterized by the ability to be very comprehensive, very efficient and substantive.”
“Tax advisers from ALTO are easily reachable, always helpful, open for discussions. They provide professional tax advisory services and always deliver high-quality deliverables. For good price.”
ALTO Tax is a market-leading expert within the ALTO Group, one of Poland's largest consulting businesses, offering complete advisory and outsourced services across four Service Lines including Tax, Legal, Accounting & Payroll, and Technology. The company has approximately 160 workers and over 110 experienced professionals including tax consultants, advocates, attorneys-at-law, and certified accountants. Sylwia Kulczycka is a key member of the team.
Throughout the research period, the team advised a real estate corporation on the acquisition of assets and non-assets from another entity in the same industry. Furthermore, the team assisted the owners of REMER ,a leading provider of telecommunications solutions on the acquisition of 100% of its shares by Cellnex Poland, a subsidiary of the Spanish Cellnex Group , a leading operator of wireless telecommunications infrastructure in Europe.
Rafał Tołwiński , Partner, and Piotr Szeliga, Manager from E&Y joined the company in 2022, while Piotr Wołkowicz , Senior Manager, and Karolina Donowska Senior Manager left for Deloitte and PwC, respectively.
Client feedback
“I very much appreciate the skills and approach to tax litigation of the key person in this area at their firm - manager Dominik Niewadzi.”
“Opinions are always well prepared and supported by consultations and clear explanations and an action plan.”
“They answers for any questions quickly and completely. The reviews are comprehensive.”
“Good price for high level value.”
“Great support on negotiations on tax clauses and possible tax burden effects after the acquisition.”
“Understanding of customer / industry needs. Tailor-made service.”
“ALTO has a very good knowledge about the tax issues plus an experience in the insurance sector.”
“Comprehensive report with immediate response for all questions.”
“Knowledge of the specifics of the insurance market. Effectiveness (won court cases).”
“ALTO won the case.”
“Professional, Pro-active, Expertise.”
“Professionalism, expertise, proactivity, communication.”
“ALTO for our question respond quickly which is important for us to do business to make decision on time. ALTO provide us and sent alerts when the low are changing and knowing us as a company describe the most important regulation which can be influence on our business. In Poland for past few years low changing in every month therefore it is important to be informed on time.”
“Searching for best solutions and recommendations in the world of uncertainty.”