Doradca podatkowy jako zawód zaufania publicznego

Abstract

A tax advisor is one of the youngest professions of public trust, as this type of service appeared in Polish legal and economic transactions only at the beginning of the 1990s with the reintroduction of direct and indirect taxes in Poland. The act that regulates the practice of the profession of tax advisor does not explicitly indicate that this role belongs to the catalogue of public trust professions, but its content undoubtedly fulfils the premises postulated in the relevant literature, indicating that a given profession may be considered an example of a profession of public trust. The aim of this study is to present what the author believes to be the most important structural and distinguishing features of the profession of a tax advisor as a profession that protects the public interest and is equal to it in the light of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, an important interest of the taxpayer. Investigation of the law in force was the primary research method used in preparing this article. This analysis was based on an examination of judicial decisions of the Constitutional Tribunal and of tax-focused literature.

Keywords

• tax advisor
• profession of public trust
• tax
• important interest of the taxpayer