⚠ The IP Box Is a Policy, Not a RightModerate threat

Text (TXT) — threat to the moat

An eighth of Text's earnings rests on a preference the Polish parliament granted and could revisit.

Text's earnings quality rests partly on a preference granted by legislation, and legislation is revisable.

What the incentive is worth, and who controls itRate on qualifying IP income5%Standard Polish corporate rate19%Effective rate paid, FY20267,95%Where the qualifying IP is createdWroclawPolish banks saw their tax rate raised 19% to 30% by statute with four weeks' notice
An eighth of the earnings rests on a preference that a parliament granted.

The company applies a 5% rate to income from qualifying intellectual property rights alongside the standard 19% on other income, producing an effective charge of roughly 8% on pre-tax profit of 126,7 million złoty1. Restated at the ordinary Polish corporate rate, net profit would fall by something close to 14 million złoty — a tenth of what shareholders received as dividends last year2.

Nothing about the current position suggests instability. The IP Box has been in place for years, Text has applied it consistently, and the deferred component has been calculated at an expected rate near 7% in both of the last two years3.

The risk is generic rather than specific, and it has recent precedent close to home: Polish banks saw corporate income tax raised from 19% to 30% by an amendment signed in November 2025 and effective from the following January, with the rate scheduled to step down again over the following two years. A government that needs revenue looks at profitable, immobile, domestically-taxed sectors.

Text is more mobile than a bank — its revenue is already booked through a United States subsidiary4 — but its people, and therefore the qualifying intellectual property, are in Wroclaw5.

There is no number that forecasts this. The observable one is the effective rate in each year's accounts, which has crept from 6,89% to 7,95% over two years6 without any legislative change at all.

References
  1. ReportedThe company applies a 5% rate to income from qualifying intellectual property rights alongside the standard 19% on other income, producing an effective charge of roughly 8% on pre-tax profit of 126,7 million złoty.
    Text Group consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026 (revenue of PLN 329 073 thousand against 354 178; operating profit 126 931 against 177 367; profit before tax 126 680; net profit 116 608 against 164 418; earnings per share 4,53; 25 750 thousand shares; operating cash flow 161 552 against 179 489; revenue by product line of LiveChat 275,495, ChatBot 28,694, HelpDesk 23 466 and KnowledgeBase 1 418; revenue in US dollars of 88 162 thousand against 88 595; approximately 95% of consolidated revenue generated through the group's subsidiary in the United States and Polish sales of 4 837; costs by type including depreciation 26,396, third-party services 159 821 against 140,300, employee benefits 6 458 and total operating costs 201 291 against 176,876, split as cost of goods sold 106 753 against 85,588, selling expenses 68 457 and administrative expenses 26 081; total assets 195 923 against 226 705; equity 109 965 against 136 418; cash 62 780 against 77 704; current contract liabilities 65 502 and non-current 1 539; trade payables 10 284; no credits or loans; and income tax at 19% on other income and 5% on qualifying intellectual property rights under the IP Box regime, with the deferred portion computed at 6,87% against 7,43%) — FY2025/26 · publ. June 2026 · source ↗
  2. Moat Explorer calcRestated at the ordinary Polish corporate rate, net profit would fall by something close to 14 million złoty - a tenth of what shareholders received as dividends last year.
    Moat Explorer calculation - arithmetic on figures Text reports: monthly churn of 4% compounded over twelve months (1 - 0,96^12 = 38,7% of logos a year); revenue per team member (329 073 thousand złoty over 271 people = 1,21m); third-party services as a share of operating costs (159 821 of 201 291 = 79%) and employee benefits as a share (6 458 of 201 291 = 3,2%); operating cash flow against net profit (161 552 over 116 608 = 1,39); the dividend payout ratio (109,7m over 116,6m = 94%); the gap to the ARR target (100,0 less 89,52 = USD 10,5m); the fall in operating margin (50,1% less 38,6% = 11,5 points); the tax saved under the IP Box (126 680 at 19% less the 10 072 charged = about 14m złoty); the market value in dollars (1,08bn złoty at 0,2688 = USD 0,29bn); Text's share of the live-chat market (89,52 over about 1 100 = a twelfth); the largest new contract against revenue (seven figures over USD 88,2m = about 1%); and 500 dollars a month expressed annually (6 000 dollars); the price-to-earnings multiple at each financial year end (market value over net profit: 3 687 over 155,261 = 23,8 times, and 967 over 116,608 = 8,3); cost of goods sold as a share of revenue (85 588 over 354 178 = 24,2%, and 106 753 over 329 073 = 32,4%); and the effective tax rate (12 323 over 178 876 = 6,89%, and 10 072 over 126 680 = 7,95%) — FY2025/26 · publ. September 2026 · source ↗
  3. ReportedThe IP Box has been in place for years, Text has applied it consistently, and the deferred component has been calculated at an expected rate near 7% in both of the last two years.
    Text Group consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026 (revenue of PLN 329 073 thousand against 354 178; operating profit 126 931 against 177 367; profit before tax 126 680; net profit 116 608 against 164 418; earnings per share 4,53; 25 750 thousand shares; operating cash flow 161 552 against 179 489; revenue by product line of LiveChat 275,495, ChatBot 28,694, HelpDesk 23 466 and KnowledgeBase 1 418; revenue in US dollars of 88 162 thousand against 88 595; approximately 95% of consolidated revenue generated through the group's subsidiary in the United States and Polish sales of 4 837; costs by type including depreciation 26,396, third-party services 159 821 against 140,300, employee benefits 6 458 and total operating costs 201 291 against 176,876, split as cost of goods sold 106 753 against 85,588, selling expenses 68 457 and administrative expenses 26 081; total assets 195 923 against 226 705; equity 109 965 against 136 418; cash 62 780 against 77 704; current contract liabilities 65 502 and non-current 1 539; trade payables 10 284; no credits or loans; and income tax at 19% on other income and 5% on qualifying intellectual property rights under the IP Box regime, with the deferred portion computed at 6,87% against 7,43%) — FY2025/26 · publ. June 2026 · source ↗
  4. ReportedText is more mobile than a bank - its revenue is already booked through a United States subsidiary - but its people, and therefore the qualifying intellectual property, are in Wroclaw.
    Text Group consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026 (revenue of PLN 329 073 thousand against 354 178; operating profit 126 931 against 177 367; profit before tax 126 680; net profit 116 608 against 164 418; earnings per share 4,53; 25 750 thousand shares; operating cash flow 161 552 against 179 489; revenue by product line of LiveChat 275,495, ChatBot 28,694, HelpDesk 23 466 and KnowledgeBase 1 418; revenue in US dollars of 88 162 thousand against 88 595; approximately 95% of consolidated revenue generated through the group's subsidiary in the United States and Polish sales of 4 837; costs by type including depreciation 26,396, third-party services 159 821 against 140,300, employee benefits 6 458 and total operating costs 201 291 against 176,876, split as cost of goods sold 106 753 against 85,588, selling expenses 68 457 and administrative expenses 26 081; total assets 195 923 against 226 705; equity 109 965 against 136 418; cash 62 780 against 77 704; current contract liabilities 65 502 and non-current 1 539; trade payables 10 284; no credits or loans; and income tax at 19% on other income and 5% on qualifying intellectual property rights under the IP Box regime, with the deferred portion computed at 6,87% against 7,43%) — FY2025/26 · publ. June 2026 · source ↗
  5. ReportedText is more mobile than a bank - its revenue is already booked through a United States subsidiary - but its people, and therefore the qualifying intellectual property, are in Wroclaw.
    Text Group consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026 (revenue of PLN 329 073 thousand against 354 178; operating profit 126 931 against 177 367; profit before tax 126 680; net profit 116 608 against 164 418; earnings per share 4,53; 25 750 thousand shares; operating cash flow 161 552 against 179 489; revenue by product line of LiveChat 275,495, ChatBot 28,694, HelpDesk 23 466 and KnowledgeBase 1 418; revenue in US dollars of 88 162 thousand against 88 595; approximately 95% of consolidated revenue generated through the group's subsidiary in the United States and Polish sales of 4 837; costs by type including depreciation 26,396, third-party services 159 821 against 140,300, employee benefits 6 458 and total operating costs 201 291 against 176,876, split as cost of goods sold 106 753 against 85,588, selling expenses 68 457 and administrative expenses 26 081; total assets 195 923 against 226 705; equity 109 965 against 136 418; cash 62 780 against 77 704; current contract liabilities 65 502 and non-current 1 539; trade payables 10 284; no credits or loans; and income tax at 19% on other income and 5% on qualifying intellectual property rights under the IP Box regime, with the deferred portion computed at 6,87% against 7,43%) — FY2025/26 · publ. June 2026 · source ↗
  6. ReportedThe observable one is the effective rate in each year's accounts, which has crept from 6,89% to 7,95% over two years without any legislative change at all.
    Text Group consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026 (revenue of PLN 329 073 thousand against 354 178; operating profit 126 931 against 177 367; profit before tax 126 680; net profit 116 608 against 164 418; earnings per share 4,53; 25 750 thousand shares; operating cash flow 161 552 against 179 489; revenue by product line of LiveChat 275,495, ChatBot 28,694, HelpDesk 23 466 and KnowledgeBase 1 418; revenue in US dollars of 88 162 thousand against 88 595; approximately 95% of consolidated revenue generated through the group's subsidiary in the United States and Polish sales of 4 837; costs by type including depreciation 26,396, third-party services 159 821 against 140,300, employee benefits 6 458 and total operating costs 201 291 against 176,876, split as cost of goods sold 106 753 against 85,588, selling expenses 68 457 and administrative expenses 26 081; total assets 195 923 against 226 705; equity 109 965 against 136 418; cash 62 780 against 77 704; current contract liabilities 65 502 and non-current 1 539; trade payables 10 284; no credits or loans; and income tax at 19% on other income and 5% on qualifying intellectual property rights under the IP Box regime, with the deferred portion computed at 6,87% against 7,43%) — FY2025/26 · publ. June 2026 · source ↗
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