Month: November 2019

Another year in a row we are the winners of the Podkarpackie Voivodship Economic Award. We received the statuette in the best product category for JPK Insight, our application for substantive analysis of JPK_VAT files.

The Gala of the “Podkarpackie Voivodship Economic Award 2019” competition was held yesterday at the Exhibition and Congress Center of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship G2A Arena in Jasionka near Rzeszów.

The Podkarpackie Voivodship Economic Award competition is organized by the Business Promotion Center already for the 18^th time. This year's Gala was under the honorary patronage of the Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland and the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology (currently the Ministry of Development). This year's edition of the competition gathered 155 companies that competed for distinctions in several categories. Micro, small, medium and large companies were evaluated. The jury also assessed their products and services. Full list of awards can be found at: https://png.pl/wreczono-statuetki-konkursu-podkarpacka-nagroda-gospodarcza-2019/   

Congratulations to the whole team involved in the project!

JPK Insight  can be tested for free by contacting us via the available form at: https://jpk-insight.pl/ 

Which contractual provisions will soon be prohibited and what elements will become mandatory for public procurement contracts concluded on the basis of the new Public Procurement Law?

On 1 January 2021, regulations of the Act of 11 September 2019 on Public Procurement Law will enter into force. This Act introduces several new legal solutions, unknown under the currently applicable Act of 29 January 2004, such as the requirement of cooperation between the contracting authority and the contractor throughout performance of the contract, the obligation to include specific provisions in the content of the contract or specification what elements the contract may not contain. In this paper, they will be discussed in the context of Article 433 and Article 436 of the new Public Procurement Law.

In the latest December issue of the Przetargi Publiczne monthly we will find an article by specialists from the public procurement and infrastructure investments team: Michal Sekowski, attorney-at-law, partner and Marta Lipińska, trainee attorney-at-law.

Link to the article: http://www.przetargipubliczne.pl/archiwum/art,8734,zasady-zawierania-umow-nowe-regulacje.html 

Companies and partnerships should prepare for changes resulting from the Act of 30 August 2019 amending the Act – the Code of Commercial Companies and Partnerships and some other acts. They provide for, inter alia, a mandatory website for some companies, as well as dematerialization of stocks. Financial penalties have been foreseen for not complying with the new requirements. The first changes will come into force on 1 January 2020.

The latest article by Marcin Borkowski, PhD, attorney-at-law, company law expert, is available on Lexplorers:
http://lexplorers.pl/wazne-zmiany-dla-spolek-akcyjnych-oraz-komandytowo-akcyjnych/

On 12 November (Thursday) the ZET Radio Andrzej Woyciechowski Awards ceremony was held.

The winners of the 15^th edition of the Radio ZET Award were Marek and Tomasz Sekielski for the documentary film "Tell No One" ("Tylko nie mów nikomu"). Honorary awards for their journalistic materials were received by Magdalena Gałczyńska and Grzegorz Rzeczkowski.

In 2019, on the 30^th anniversary of gaining freedom by Poland, the Special ZET Radio Andrzej Woyciechowski Award “Journalist of the Decade” was awarded to: Bianka Mikołajewska, Adam Pieczyński and Paweł Reszka. The Special Award was awarded by the Jury to journalists “who, by their activities in the years 2009-2019, became a symbol of independent and pressure-free journalism, showed outstanding professionalism and objectivity, adhered to professional ethics, and their materials enjoyed social recognition and made a significant contribution to perception of the reality that surrounds us”.

Traditionally, GWW Law Office was a legal partner of the Radio ZET Andrzej Woyciechowski Award.

More information available at: https://www.nagrodawoyciechowskiego.pl/

The process of registering an entity as a VAT payer may be the source of problems, especially in view of tax authorities’ reluctance to recognize the address of a virtual office as the address of the taxpayer's registered office. How far can the authority go in verifying data specified in the registration application? We will find information on the preventive refusal of registration and more in the article below.

The article by Angelika Dahms, a VAT specialist, appeared in today's issue of prawo.pl.

https://www.prawo.pl/podatki/rejestrowanie-adresu-siedziby-da-status-podatnika-vat-opinia,495959.html

Tomasz Krzywanski, lawyer in the GWW Consumer Advisory Team was a speaker at the conference of the AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) in Geneva, which was held on 14-16 November 2019. The conference was attended by over 70 lawyers from 20 countries.

During the November meeting, lawyers discussed trusts and a possibility of integrating them with continental law.

More information about AIJA: https://www.aija.org/en/event-detail/443 

On 7-9 November 2019, the autumn edition of the TELFA conference took place in Belgrade. The meeting was hosted by Vuković & Partners law firm from Serbia. In addition to substantive meetings conducted by lawyers associated in TELFA, conference participants had the opportunity to learn about the culture of Serbia and see the most important places in Belgrade.

The event was attended by Jacek Olma, attorney-at-law, partner, Bartłomiej Wyjatek, attorney-at-law, Piotr Świstak, lawyer, and Małgorzata Ostatek.

More information about the conference: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/telfa_telfacon-telfacon-activity-6599613358801063936-4rPN 

In today's issue of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna we will find an article from the Economic Law Academy cycle by Marcin Borkowski, PhD, attorney-at-law, entitled “Resolutions adopted at an unduly convened meeting are null and void". 

– Decisions taken in extremely important matters are referred to as “going beyond the company's ordinary activities”. Before undertaking such activities, the management board of a limited liability company should adopt a respective resolution. Does this also apply to convening shareholders' meetings? 

https://biznes.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1439057,uchwaly-przyjete-na-wadliwie-zwolanym-zgromadzeniu.html

GWW took patronage over the training “Preparation of investments for occupancy permits", which will be held on 12 December in Wroclaw by Joanna Sebzda-Załuska, investment process expert, attorney-at-law, managing partner at GWW Legal.

At the meeting, Ms. Sebzda-Załuska will share her extensive experience gained when working in building supervision bodies, as well as in representing investors during the taking-over procedure, also during obligatory building project inspections.

Training program and enrollment: https://kompetencja.com.pl/opisy-szkolen/przygotowanie-inwestycji-do-pozwolenia-na-uzytkowanie/ 

The beginning of 2019 brought amendments to the regulations of the Income Tax Act, which facilitate obtaining tax relief on income from the sale of property for consideration. What do these regulations involve and what did taxpayers gain? Tomasz Piejak and Wojciech Jaranowski write about this in their latest article on Lexplorers.

The article is available at the following link: http://lexplorers.pl/ulga-na-cele-mieszkaniowe-jak-dziala-od-1-stycznia-2019-r/