June
New regulations implementing the GDPR- selected amendments
On May 4, 2019, the Sectoral Act entered into force, which introduces provisions implementing the GDPR into a number of legal acts. The amendments concern over 160 acts from various areas, including labor law, banking law, insurance law, telecommunication law, education law and administrative law. The amendment is aimed at strengthening the protection of privacy […] more
May
Tax & Legal Highlights for Real Estate – May 2019
Subscribe to our newsletter (only in Polish) 1. Economic committee of the Council of Ministers had adopted new project of Act on the Development Guarantee Fund The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) prepared project of the act on protection of rights of buyers of housing apartments or detached houses. The project envisages, among other […] more
April
Tax & Legal Highlights for Real Estate – April 2019
Subscribe to our newsletter (only in Polish) 1. The Ministry of Investment and Development is working on amendment to the construction law. The proposed changes provide for abolishment of obligatory need to apply to the Minister of Investment for authorization to deviate from technical construction regulations. Today, any such deviation must be consented to by the […] more
March
Tax & Legal Highlights for Real Estate – March 2019
Subscribe to our newsletter (only in Polish) 1. Are the owners who have not received certificate of transformation of perpetual usufruct into ownership obliged to pay perpetual usufruct fee? Legal regulations lack precise information regarding the obligation of the owners of houses and apartments, who have still not received certificate of transformation of perpetual usufruct into […] more
The latest tax changes in 2019
In 2019, the Polish legislator introduced numerous changes in tax regulations, in particular in corporate income tax act. Since the beginning of the year new rules have been introduced in terms of transfer pricing, new withholding tax system, settling of expenses on passenger vehicles and the lowered 9% CIT rate for the smallest enterprises. Another […] more
Baker Tilly Woroszylska Legal in a New Office
As of the beginning of March 2019, the Warsaw office of Baker Tilly Woroszylska Legal operates at a new address. The current seat is located on the 6th floor of the Wola Center office building at Przyokopowa 33 street. Landline phone numbers have also changed. Baker Tilly Woroszylska Legal law firm and TPA Poland consulting […] more
February
Tax & Legal Highlights for Real Estate – February 2019
Act of 31st January 2019 amending the act on real estate management and the act on transformation of the right of perpetual usufruct to the land developed for housing purposes into land ownership (Journal of Laws of 2019 item 270) The amendment introduces the percentage rate of perpetual usufruct fees for real properties on which […] more
Legal News 3 – January 2019
Below we present Legal News which contains the most important changes in the law that are worth knowing. Subscribe to our newsletter (only in Polish) LEGISLATION CHANGES: Prohibition of compound interest for credit institutions The prohibition of compound interest, i.e. of charging interest on overdue interest, is regulated in Art. 482 of the Polish Civil […] more
Changes with respect to liability of collective entities
The government’s draft of the Act on liability of collective entities was introduced in the Parliament. The Ministry of Justice stated that the currently effective regulations are inefficient, as they do not contribute to preventing and combating economic and fiscal offenses. According to the Act, collective entities include, among others, partnerships and companies, as well […] more
January
We start with a new, global visual identity
Baker Tilly Woroszylska Legal with a new logo January 30, 2019 Baker Tilly Woroszylska Legal law firm, a member of the international Baker Tilly network and the TPA Poland consulting group, implements a new, global visual identity of the Baker Tilly network. The change involved not only the logotype but also the motto; now the […] more
