Paid research for Ukrainians in Poland: platforms, ID and taxes

Which platforms are available from Poland

We checked the official country lists on 11 September 2026. For someone living in Poland, the picture looks like this.

Citizenship does not matter, residence does

Prolific says explicitly that eligibility depends on where you currently live, not your nationality. If you are a citizen of an unlisted country but live in a listed one, you can join. For Ukrainians in Poland, that opens a platform that is closed from Ukraine.

The same goes for User Interviews and Askable: they recruit by country of residence, and Poland is on both lists. Put the country where you actually live in your profile and keep your payout account there.

Documents: residence permit and a Polish number

Prolific verifies identity through Onfido: a photo of your ID and a selfie video. The ID must be valid and issued by your country of residence. It accepts that country’s passport, a residence permit card, a visa page with your photo, and EU driving licences. An ID from your country of birth is not accepted if you do not live there, so a Ukrainian passport will not work for Prolific in Poland.

The phone number for Prolific must carry your country of residence code, and VOIP numbers are not accepted. Your home address, phone country and ID country must match. User Interviews also requires a mobile number, not a landline or VOIP number.

• a residence permit or a visa with a photo, for Prolific verification
• a Polish mobile number, for Prolific and User Interviews
• a Polish address in your profile, matching your ID and number
• a PayPal or bank account in your own name, for payouts

How to get paid in Poland

Poland has the same methods as other EU countries, and more than Ukraine. uTest offers a direct bank transfer in local currency via Wise, and Poland is on the list for that method. Clickworker offers SEPA payouts for EU countries from 10 euros, weekly.

Most studies pay through PayPal: UserTesting in dollars about 14 days later, Prolific from £6 or $6 combined. Prolific also requires your PayPal account to match your new country of residence if you have moved; otherwise you cannot cash out.

Language: Ukrainian and Polish as an advantage

Most studies are in English, but in Poland the languages you speak can open extra invitations. Prolific is building a pool of language experts: after a free language assessment that takes 30–45 minutes and can be taken once, you get access to studies in that language. The assessment is offered based on the languages in your profile, so list Ukrainian and, if you speak it, Polish.

Askable lets researchers write screeners and study descriptions in participants’ language to make local recruitment easier. UserTesting does not list Polish among its testing languages: it requires fluent English, French or German.

A plan for your first steps

The order that saves the most effort.

• get a Polish mobile number and open PayPal with your Polish address
• sign up for Prolific and complete verification with your residence permit or visa
• create profiles on User Interviews and Askable and fill them in completely and honestly
• if you speak English fluently, apply to UserTesting and prepare for the practice test
• start a payout log with dates for your PIT-36 return

Taxes: who counts as a Polish resident

Under Polish rules, a tax resident is someone who has their centre of personal or economic interests in Poland, or stays in Poland for more than 183 days a year. The centre of personal interests means family, home and social life; economic interests mean work, sources of income, accounts and property.

Residents have unlimited tax liability: they declare all income in Poland, whether earned in Poland or abroad. So pay from foreign research platforms must be declared by a Polish resident too. The platforms withhold nothing: UserTesting and Prolific state that this is the participant’s responsibility.

PIT-36: the return due by 30 April

Income from which no one withheld tax is usually declared on the PIT-36 form. The return for a year is filed between 15 February and 30 April of the following year: for 2025, by 30 April 2026. You can file online through the Twój e-PIT service on podatki.gov.pl, where you can switch the pre-filled PIT-37 to a PIT-36 if you have other income.

Income under the general scale is taxed at 12%, and the part above 120,000 złoty at 32%. Amounts in foreign currency are converted into złoty at the NBP average rate from the last working day before the day you received the income.

• keep your payout history: Prolific lets you download it in full, UserTesting shows it in your dashboard
• for each payout, note the date and the NBP average rate from the previous working day
• file PIT-36 by 30 April of the following year

How to classify the income: ask KIS

Polish law distinguishes several sources of income, and which one research pay falls under decides how it is shown on the return and whether you need to make advance payments during the year. There is no single answer for everyone: regularity, amounts and the form of your arrangement with the platform all matter.

The easiest way to get a free answer is Krajowa Informacja Skarbowa, the state tax information service. Its numbers are 22 330 03 30 from a mobile, 801 055 055 from a landline and +48 22 330 03 30 from abroad, open 8:00 to 18:00. Describe the platform, how it pays you and how much you received in the year.

Ukrainian tax residence

Tax residence does not depend on citizenship. If you live in Poland, Polish rules will most likely treat you as a Polish resident. At the same time, Ukraine may treat you as its resident if your centre of interests stayed there. To stop the same income being taxed twice, Poland and Ukraine have a double taxation agreement, signed on 12 January 1993. If both countries treat you as a resident, your residence is decided under the rules of that agreement.

If your case is not clear-cut, for example you lived in Ukraine for part of the year, it is worth settling your residence before filing in either country. For Ukraine, declaring foreign income is covered in our separate article.