Trade with Russia is reprehensible. The tax office will put more pressure
It’s not about the records in the documents, but about the end recipient. A company from Małopolska will pay a PLN 20 million fine for trading with Russia despite sanctions. KAS tracked everything down.
The National Tax Administration imposed a PLN 20 million fine on a Małopolska company selling luxury cars. a company run by Belarusian citizens bought luxury cars of prestigious brands in Western Europe and exported them from the European Union.
Officially, they were supposed to go to other countries. They actually went through Poland, Lithuania and Belarus to Russia. The company earned PLN 49 million on the sale of approximately 100 cars in two years (2022 – 2023).
How does KAS monitor sanctions? There are several industries targeted by the tax office
“The collected evidence indicates that the company’s managers acted consciously and deliberately participated in circumventing sanctions,” KAS officials emphasized in the statement.
This is no longer an isolated case. The Ministry of Finance revealed that by April 30, 2026, the heads of customs and tax offices had initiated 255 proceedings to impose fines for non-compliance with the sanctions imposed on Russia.
The targets are primarily exporters of machinery, mechanical and electrical equipment, vehicles and parts going to countries that maintain good trade relations with Russia. What counts is not only the formal contractor, but also the economic sense of the transaction and the actual direction of goods flow. The jokes are over a long time ago.
The EU is again hitting Russian oil, cryptocurrencies and diamonds with sanctions
In April 2026, the European Council adopted another, already 20th, wide-ranging package of sanctions against Russia. It includes a further 120 sanctions list entries targeting individuals and entities, as well as harsh, multi-level economic sanctions targeting key sectors that are fueling Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The aim of the restrictions is to weaken the Russian economy and war machine.
The list of companies and enterprises subject to sanctions includes, among others, two sea ports: Murmansk and Tuapse, another 46 Russian ships (the total number is 632), 36 entities involved in the exploration, extraction, refining and transport of oil, a shadow fleet in third countries, icebreakers, tankers carrying weapons and stolen Ukrainian grain. The oil terminal in the port of Karimun in Indonesia is also on the list because it is used to circumvent the oil price ceiling.
The restrictions also apply to the diamond market, cryptocurrencies, the provision of cybersecurity services to Russia, the digital ruble, the Russian military-industrial complex, financial institutions in third countries and many other industries, as well as private individuals and officials. Please note – Polish services, including the National Tax Administration (KAS), closely monitor compliance with EU restrictions. The official, regularly updated register of entities covered by Polish sanctions is available on the government website “List of persons and entities” (https://www.gov.pl/web/mswia/lista-osob-i-podmotywow-objetych-sankcjimi).
