Poland as the destination for Shared Services Centers

26 Poland as the destination for Shared Services Centers
Example
Investment phase
A large enterprise 23 is planning to set up a shared services center in Szczecin and employ
350 people. Total investment cost will be EUR 20 million.
One of the possible scenarios of co-financing the abovementioned investment is to apply for
an investment grant within EU cash grants and an employment grant within the MASP.
The maximum support available for the investor in this scenario is presented below:
EU cash grant 30% x EUR 20 million = EUR 6.0 million
MASP (employment grant) 350 x EUR 3,840.91 24 = EUR 1.34 million
Total support EUR 7.34 million
Business operation phase
After setting up the SSC, the abovementioned investor is planning to train all of his
employees in the scope of operating the company’s accounting system and improving their
German language skills. Accounting system training costs will amount to EUR 750 thousand,
German language training – EUR 500 thousand. The maximum support is presented below:
Accounting system training 25% x EUR 750 thousand = EUR 187.5 thousand
German language training 60% x EUR 500 thousand = EUR 300 thousand
Total support EUR 487.5 thousand
23 Large enterprises are those with more than 250 employees and annual turnover of more than EUR 50 million or a total annual balance
of more than EUR 43 million.
24 Assuming 4.4 PLN/EUR exchange rate.
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