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If a limited liability company (spółka z o.o.) has made a profit, a resolution on its allocation should be adopted at the ordinary meeting of shareholders. Profit may, in particular, be paid to shareholders as a dividend. However, is it possible to change the date of payment for any reasons?

The article by Marcin Borkowski, Ph.D., in the Economic Law Academy of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna is available in today's edition of the daily: https://biznes.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1492653,termin-wyplaty-dywidendy-kiedy-mozna-zmieniac.html 

At the invitation of the Lower Silesian District Chamber of Civil Engineers, Joanna Sebzda – Załuska, GWW partner, took part as a speaker in the Engineering Forum organized by the Chamber.

 

During the Forum, Joanna Sebzda – Załuska together with professor Krzysztof Schabowicz, Chairman of the Regional Disciplinary Court at the Lower Silesian District Chamber of Civil Engineers, discussed new regulations applicable to the investment process, and also took part in a panel discussion among engineers, designers and representatives of public administration bodies.

 

The event was recorded and shared on the tv.doiib.pl website (http://www.tvdoiib.pl/).

The real estate and tax team of GWW advised BPI Real Estate company, a leading real estate developer in Belgium and Luxembourg, on one of the largest transactions in Poland, and at the same time a record one in Poznań.

The transaction related to a land property purchased from Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie in the quarter of Grunwaldzka-Ułańska-Matejki Streets, intended for the purposes of a multifunctional development project. The transaction value is PLN 114.5 million.

The team was composed of: Paweł Wójcik, Joanna Sebzda-Załuska, Elżbieta Kamińska, Wojciech Kozorys, Joanna Pisula, Dorota Chramęga, Marcin Borkowski, Ph.D., Artur Bubrowiecki, and Mariusz Tkaczyk.

BPI Real Estate is a leading developer on the real estate market in Belgium, Luxembourg and Poland, offering high-quality investments carried out in line with principles of corporate social responsibility and care for the environment.

BPI Real Estate Poland and Revive want to join forces on the Poznań real estate market and intend to implement a multi-stage investment on the ​​5.5 ha area located in the very center of Poznań. The project assumes combination of residential, service and office functions, as well as revitalization of historic buildings of the former military barracks.

More info: https://projektinwestor.pl/aktualnosc/poznan-rekordowa-transakcja-mtp-sprzedaly-dzialke-na-lazarzu

At the beginning of September, several new regulations in the field of labor law entered into force and this is probably not the end of changes that the legislator is preparing for employers and employees this month. Not only did the Act amending the Act on the Posting of Workers and certain other acts significantly change applicable regulations on the posting of workers within the framework of provision of services, but it also extended the possibility of instructing employees to work remotely and enabled re-verification of companies’ applications for exemption from Social Security contributions.

An article by Ines Borkowska devoted to the changes in labor law can be found on the legal portal Lexplorers.pl:  http://lexplorers.pl/wrzesniowe-nowosci-w-prawie-pracy/

A supervisory board needs to be established in a joint-stock company. As a rule, its members are appointed by the general meeting, unless the articles of association provide otherwise. However, can certain shareholders have a direct impact on the appointment of board members in some specific situations?

Marcin Borkowski, Ph.D., writes about it in the Economic Law Academy of today's issue of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Our Rzeszów branch is over 5 years old. During this time, it has grown to a team of as many as 15 people. On this occasion, we invite entrepreneurs from Podkarpacie Region to our open days. We offer free online consultations with our experts on 29 September – 1 October 2020.

The list of topics, available experts and more details can be found in the pdf file available for download below the text.
Feel free to sign up.

At the end of the summer season, we organized the GWW Beach Volleyball Tournament at the Monta Beach Volley Club in Warsaw, to which we invited all employees of our law firm. We had great sun and moods, emotions reached fever pitch, and there were also some surprises. The whole season of corporate training paid off, now it is time to start volleyball training in the hall.

Saturday's tournament turned out to be a lot of fun for both players and supporters, so we are already thinking about the second edition of the tournament.

A thermo-modernization relief entered into force in the Personal Income Tax Act as of January 2019. It consists in deducting expenses incurred for implementation of a thermo-modernization project in a single-family residential building from the tax calculation basis. According to the latest individual interpretation of the Head of the National Revenue Administration (KIS), a spouse – co-owner of the property also may benefit from the relief, even if he or she was not mentioned in the notarial deed confirming the property purchase.

The topic was developed by attorney Aneta Skowron-Biały, CIT and tax scheme reporting specialist: http://lexplorers.pl/ulga-termomodernizacyjna-rowniez-dla-malzonka-wspolwlasciciela-nieruchomosci/ 

The Ministry of Finance has published a planned draft amendment to regulations of the PIT Act and CIT Act, as well as the Act on Flat-Rate Income Tax on Certain Revenues Earned by Natural Persons and certain other acts.

You will find a summary of the most important changes included in the draft amendments in our alert: ALERT

Some taxpayers will be forced to correct VAT returns and Standard Audit Files submitted before 1 October 2020. How should the corrections following changes in regulations be made?

An answer to this question can be found in the article byMarcin Kopczyk on JPK Insight blog: https://jpk-insight.pl/korekta-deklaracji-vat-i-korekta-jpk-jakie-terminy/