Month: June 2018

In the current ranking of top tax consulting companies in 2017 organized by Rzeczpospolita, GWW Tax ranked:

• 9^th in the category of the largest companies according to the number of tax advisors (promotion by one position as compared to last year),
• 10^th in the category of the largest companies by revenue (another year in a row),
• 7^th among companies advising the largest number of listed companies.

We received an additional distinction in the category of prestigious transactions for tax consultancy in the transaction concerning the takeover of a Cypriot company, Metalem by Cyfrowy Polsat. Our services concerned the development of the transaction concept and we also provided support in the process of its implementation. We also obtained individual interpretations for our client, which confirm the tax neutrality of the conducted process.

We are also a leader in the category of other interesting judgments submitted by the participants of the ranking and recognized by the Competition Jury. GWW made it in as many as 3 out of 12 judgments:

 

• two judgements in the VAT category / Małgorzata Militz

1. Referral of a preliminary ruling to the EU Court of Justice – a decision of the Supreme Administrative Court (file ref.no. I FSK 65/16) of 28 November 2017 – regarding the time when the tax obligation arose. Regardless of the outcome of the decision, the case will have ground-breaking significance for the construction industry, as it determines the correctness of VAT settlements.

2. The final ruling of the Provincial Administrative Court in Wroclaw (file ref. no. I SA / Wr 343/17) of 31 October 2017, which leads to the development of a very advantageous interpretation of VAT provisions regarding the right to deduct input tax related to the use of reverse charge. Taxpayers who did not declare the tax due to transactions subject to reverse charge do not have to fear that in the case of the tax amount being determined by the office, they will be deprived of the right to deduct tax due.

• one ruling from the substantive and procedural law category / Kamil Szczęsny

The verdict of the Supreme Administrative Court (file ref. no. II FSK 163/15) of 21 February 2017, concerning the impact of the delivery of the limitation period. The Supreme Administrative Court stated that it is important – with the obligation arising in the manner specified in art. 21 § 1 point 1 of the Tax Code – the date of the decision of the appeal body, and not the date of its delivery.

On Saturday, 23 June, representatives of GWW participated and won in the 7^th Henryk Strzelecki National Regatta Dean's Cup organized by Poznan Bar Association.

The winning team was composed of:

• Grzegorz Antonowicz 
• Katarzyna Ludwiczek
• Ewelina Knapkiewicz

The competition took place on the Kierskie Lake. More.

We are the proud sponsor of the Lemkin Collection – a collection purchased as part of the Lemkin 2018 project, organized by the Witold Pilecki Center for Totalitarian Studies on the occasion of the 70^th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

The collection contains publications in the field of law, history and sociology, published in Polish and in English. These are both classic works from the literature on the subject, as well as the latest titles, presenting an innovative approach to this topic.

You are welcome to read the publications devoted to Raphael Lemkin and the problems of research on genocide, which as of today are available in the Library of the Warsaw University.

In connection with the expansion of the Rzeszow branch of GWW, we have undertaken a number of activities aimed at legal and tax support for initiatives contributing to the development of entrepreneurship in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. One of them is cooperation in the field of training for entrepreneurs between GWW and the Municipality of Dębica.

As part of our cooperation, on June 25 we are organizing a free training for companies from the Dębica Commune, including the Mielec Special Economic Zone (Pustków and Zawada sub-zone). The training will Focus on the changes in the processing of personal data that occurred after 25 May 2018, in connection with the GDPR entering into force.

We  are  pleased  to  announce  that  for  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  GWW,  a patent attorney has joined our group of associates.
Ms. Katarzyna Sas now works in the Rzeszow branch.

 

Katarzyna Sas

A patent attorney, a member of the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys in Warsaw, entered on the list of patent attorneys and on the list of professional representatives of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), she graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Branch in Rzeszow and post-graduate studies in Industrial Property Law at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration.

She is the author of a guidebook for entrepreneurs in the field of industrial and intellectual property rights and didactic materials to quarterlies on intellectual property protection, addressed to entrepreneurs as part of cooperation with the Rzeszow Regional Development Agency. She also conducts trainings, workshops and conferences in the field of intellectual property law.

Ms. Sas specializes in industrial property law and in comprehensive domestic and international protection of inventions, utility models, industrial designs and trademarks.

As part of the Public Procurement School 2018 held in Wisła, Agnieszka Zaborowska, attorney-at-law, held workshops entitled "Practical use of samples in the public procurement procedure".

This year's ninth edition of the conference was organized by the Mining Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Its main theme focused on the electronisation of public procurement and with 240 participants it broke the attendance record.

The Ministry of Energy and the Public Procurement Office took patronage over this year's Public Procurement School.

We are pleased to announce the expansion of the GWW branch in Rzeszów, which was joined by Piotr Czajka, Piotr Świstak and Michał Tuszyński.

They will deal with industrial property law, new technologies and IT law, as well as tax proceedings and legal issues of start-ups.

Welcome to the team and may success always come your way!

Soon we will be informing you about the further expansion of the Rzeszów team.