Business incubator for copywriters

Yes — provided the text is a manifestation of creative activity of an individual character. A blog article, an advertising slogan, a video script or an original product description can be works within the meaning of copyright law. No exceptional artistic level is required — it is enough for the text to be original and not a simple copy of existing content.

In practice, a copywriter should be able to justify the creative character of the text — their own concept, a distinctive style, a well-thought-out structure. At FDK we classify assignments as copyrighted works wherever this is justified — which makes it possible to apply 50% tax-deductible costs and reduce the effective tax to 6%.

Ghostwriting — writing texts signed by someone else — is a legal and widespread service. At FDK we invoice it as a creative service with a transfer of copyright in the text. The client pays for the work and for the right to use it. The Foundation issues the invoices on your behalf.

There is no obligation to state on the invoice that a text is ghostwritten — the invoice may describe it as "writing an article" or "producing content according to the brief". Confidentiality is governed by your agreement with the client. Our lawyers help draft such agreements with the appropriate NDA and copyright clauses.

Yes. Content agencies, media houses, SEO agencies and advertising agencies are typical B2B clients of copywriters. FDK issues VAT invoices to them. The agency receives an invoice it can book as a cost, and you receive your fee with only 6% PIT and the 400 zł subscription deducted.

There are no limits on the number of agencies or the number of invoices per month. We handle both one-off assignments (a single article) and ongoing cooperation (a monthly package of texts). FDK can also handle framework agreements with agencies that require regular settlements.

Copyright in the texts is governed by the terms of the contract for specific work (umowa o dzieło) that has been concluded. Where the contract provides for the transfer of economic copyright, the Contractor transfers to the Ordering Party the economic rights and the derivative rights to the completed work, on the terms set out in the contract.

The contract also defines the scope of the rights and the fields of exploitation on which the Ordering Party may use the work. The rights are transferred within the agreed fee, without time or territorial limits, in accordance with the terms of the contract.

The detailed copyright rules are set out in the contract for specific work concluded as part of the cooperation with FDK.

Optimising a text for keywords does not in itself change its creative character — an SEO article can still be a work if it is original. Qualification as a work and the 50% deductible costs depend on the creative character of the text, not on whether it contains keywords.

If, however, an assignment includes strictly technical SEO work (an audit, link building, technical configuration), that part has a different tax classification. At FDK we classify every assignment individually. For mixed assignments (content + technical SEO) we advise on the optimal split, which maximises the tax benefits while keeping the settlement correct.

Yes. We work with copywriters serving clients inside and outside the EU — agencies from Germany, the UK, the USA and Scandinavia. We issue invoices in euros, dollars and other currencies. For EU companies we apply the VAT reverse charge procedure.

In the case of foreign content platforms (e.g. Verblio, Contently, Textbroker) we advise on how to account correctly for regular payments. You can serve global clients without a registered business of your own in Poland — the Foundation has all the infrastructure needed for international settlements.