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Pursuant to the recent resolution of the Supreme Court (court file no. III CZP 63/10), the decision of a judge-commissioner taken after an objection to the list of receivables had been examined may be complained about on behalf of a bankrupt limited liability company by its Management Board members according to the rules of representation binding in that company.
On November 15, 2010 the new legislation is coming into force which is to change the Act on Protection of Health against Consequences of Using Tobacco and Tobacco Products.
On October 19, 2010 the government accepted the draft legislation which intends to change the Act on Banking Guaranteed Fund and which had been proposed by the Minister of Finance.
Entrepreneurs who concluded contracts with consumers have to inform them on the change in prices which results from the VAT rate increase.
On October 20, 2010 the draft legislation on change of the excise tax was forwarded to the Sejm for the first reading.
The Ministry of Finance has published a draft of a new decree which is to regulate issuing and forwarding invoices electronically.
Pursuant to the decision of the Council of Ministers, the next-year minimum wage will amount to PLN 1,386 gross.
On October 8, 2010 the Sejm approved the act on changes to the telecommunication law.
Obligations with regard to keeping accounting books are to be broadened in 2011.
On September 30, 2010, the governmental draft of the budget act was forwarded for the first reading to the Sejm.
On October 6, the Sejm read for the first time the Act on Amending the Administrative Procedure Code and the Tax Ordinance.
Tax authorities recognise individuals’ incomes from purchase and sale of foreign currencies to be incomes from non-agricultural business activity and as to be subject to income tax.
Employees’ and trade unions’ organisations intend to present the government with a proposal that the period of both parents’ child care leave should be prolonged from three to four months.
A person holding a real estate may be obliged to make it available for the necessary works.
Pursuant to tax authorities interest-free loans granted to companies are subject to taxation with the income tax.
Pursuant to the Polish Minister of Justice one of the priorities of the Polish presidency in the European Union will be introduction of certain solutions to the European private law, which will improve the protection of customers’ interests.
Pursuant to the resolution of the Supreme Court of September 16, 2010 r. (court file no. III CZP 44/10), any claim of an entrepreneur, who conducts his/her own activity in the form of a limited liability company [sp. z o.o.], with regard to remuneration for a groundless usage of this entrepreneur’s real estate by another entity, expires after the lapse of 3 years.
The professional trade is not subject to PCC (tax on civil law actions) while it is still subject to the tax on goods and services.
On September 14 the government accepted the assumptions for the draft amendment among others to the Penal Code in connection to the necessity of implementation of the so-called penal directive to the Polish law.
On September 7 the government accepted the draft act on the amendment to the act on putting on the market and privatization.
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