GDPR one year on - Poland compared to other EU countries. Comparative analysis prepared with Andersen Global experts

The EU General Data Protection Regulation has been in force for one year now. It is said that 2018 was the year of the GDPR and one of the most frequently repeated facts during this period was the potential severe penalties to be imposed for personal data breach.

The lawyers of KSP Legal & Tax Advice together with Andersen Global experts have prepared a brief comparative analysis including infringements and sanctions imposed in selected EU countries. How has Poland coped with the personal data reform compared with the other EU countries? Has the Chairman of the Polish Personal Data Protection Authority been more restrictive and demanding than in other EU States?

We encourage you to analyse the cases of infringements and sanctions regarding the GDPR across Europe so as to avoid the risk of high fines in your own enterprise.

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Afternoon with Taxes: New VAT-related obligations - theory and practice, 9 July 2019, Katowice

KSP Legal & Tax Advice invites you to the Afternoon Meeting with Taxes to be held on 9 July 2019 at Vienna House Easy Hotel in Katowice. The meeting will be dedicated to new VAT obligations to take effect during 2019 and from 1 January 2020.

During the meeting, the KSP tax advisors:  Elżbieta Lis and Michał Wilk will discuss the following issues:

• mandatory split payment,
• risks involved in implementation of the white list of taxpayers,
• new obligations regarding documenting intra-Community supplies,
• changes to chain transactions,
• new obligations in respect of cash registers,
• the latest rulings and consequences of the ECJ’s judgment on fuel cards in case C-235/18 and on chargeability of tax for construction services in case C-224/18.

The Afternoon with Taxes is free of charge. To attend the meeting, please fill in the registration form and send it to: magdalena.okaj@ksplegal.pl by 4 July 2019.

For more information see the below invitation.

We look forward to seeing you!

INVITATION | REGISTRATION FORM

KSP initiated cooperation with the Ministry of Investment and Economic Development under a PPP project

We are pleased to inform you that KSP in consortium with ECM Group Polska S.A. signed an agreement with the Ministry of Investment and Economic Development for consultancy in the process of preparation and implementation of a public-private partnership agreement for Construction of a Health Resort Centre in Konstancin, intended to select the private partner. The value of capital expenditure for the project is approx. PLN 100 million.

The consultancy involves all aspects of implementation of the PPP projects, primarily assistance in legal, economic, financial as well as technical issues for the public partner, i.e. Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA (the Central Hospital of the Ministry of the Internal Affairs and Administration) in Warsaw.

KSP has considerable experience in the area of public-private partnerships and concessions, gained through implementation of a number of similar projects. The list of the project can be viewed by clicking the below link.

KSP - PPP PROJECTS

JOIN OUR TEAM! We look forward to cooperating with experienced advocates, legal advisors and lawyers

We look forward to cooperating with experienced advocates, legal advisors and lawyers who understand business and are open to the needs of clients. Who are we looking for and what we are offering to candidates? Please check under the link below.

CAREER IN KSP

Mandatory Disclosure Rules (MDR) - a new tax practice at KSP

The obligation of mandatory disclosure of tax schemes (MDR) took effect on 1 January 2019. Given the vague understanding of the regulations and the possibility for many transactions and activities performed by taxpayers being classified as tax schemes, to minimize the risk, entrepreneurs should take into account the regulations while planning their future transactions which may give rise to reporting obligations.   

What are tax schemes and who needs to report them to the National Fiscal Administration (KAS), who does the reporting apply to and what are the procedures? Our experts will be pleased to answer these questions.

The KSP Law Firm has developed the methodology and has just opened a new practice – Mandatory Disclosure (MDR), which provides training to entrepreneurs and assists them at every stage of the reporting procedure.

We are ready to assist you in preparation for the new legal requirements. You are welcome to contact us.

Employment law changes in 2019. An invitation to a training event to be held on 12 March 2019 in Katowice

We are pleased to invite you to attend another event organised by KSP. This time, our Employment Law practice is going to deliver a training session dedicated to the employment law changes that took effect at the beginning of 2019.

DATE: 12 March 2019

VENUE: Hotel Vienna House Easy, Katowice

During the training, participants will be familiarised with changes in regulations concerning labour unions and with aspects of implementation of the Employee Capital Plans (PPK). We will also discuss the new responsibilities involved in keeping the employment documentation, GDPR in HR, i.e. the current practice and approach of data protection authorities to data protection by employers, as well as the planned amendments to the labour code in this respect.

The training will be delivered by KSP experts:  Piotr  Krupa, Tomasz Srokosz, Maciej Pietrzycki, Kamil Kozioł and Karolina Wilk.

The meeting is addressed to employers and employer representatives, directors and HR staff as well as persons handling personnel-related matters.

To make a reservation, please confirm your attendance by email to: magdalena.okaj@ksplegal.pl or by phone: +48 32 731 68 53 by 5 March 2019. Please note that places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. This is fee-based training (PLN 299 net by 15 February 2019 and PLN 399 net after 15 February 2019). Click the link for a detailed agenda and registration form.

INVITATION | AGENDA | APPLICATION FORM

New rules of liability of collective entities and penal fiscal liability of management board members We encourage you to familiarise with the upcoming changes. Seminar - 27 February 2019 in Katowice.

Entrepreneurs, members of management boards, heads of legal and compliance departments are welcome to attend the information seminar dedicated to the new bill to govern liability of collective entities for commission of offences. The Act is to be the basis for entrepreneurs to implement consistent rules of compliance of corporate activities with the applicable legal regulations.

DATE: 27 February 2019

VENUE: Vienna House Easy, Katowice, ul. Sokolska 24

The seminar will be dedicated to the following issues:

Penal fiscal code:

• Who can incur penal fiscal liability for tax non-compliance?
• How to avoid liability and severe penalties/fines?
• Can the penal fiscal liability risk be managed?
• Does an individual tax ruling protect against penal fiscal liability? 

The bill on liability of collective entities subject to sanctions vs. fiscal penal liability:

• Discussion of the bill
• Sanctions and preventive measures at the disposal of enforcement authorities
• Impact of proceedings upon corporate activity
• Support for and protection of whistleblowers
• Effect of the regulations on mergers, divisions and transformations
• Significance of the new regulations for tax and accounting issues

Penal fiscal liability vs. the new tax regulations:

• The anti-tax evasion clause and the penal fiscal liability
• Who is accountable for a false statement regarding preparation of the transfer pricing documentation
• New rules for collection of the withholding tax effective as of 1 January 2019, and liability of the management board for failure to collect the withholding tax at the right amount
• Tax scheme reporting

The seminar will be delivered by KSP experts: Adam Roszyk, Jacek Osipiuk and Marta Mikosz.

Payment for the seminar is PLN 199 net (PLN 244.77 gross) per person. Please note that places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please confirm attendance and send a completed form to: malgorzata.popek@ksplegal.pl by 22 February 2019 (contact person: Małgorzata Popek, tel.: + whistleblowers 48 32 731 68 52).

The invitation and the registration form can be downloaded here: LINK

Andersen Tax & Legal, Poland

We are pleased to inform you that our colleagues in Warsaw from A2Z Tax & Legal have officially  joined Andersen Global under the name of Andersen Tax & Legal, Poland - a member firm of Andersen Global.

Aleksandra Kalinowska, a Partner of Andersen Tax & Legal, Poland, says: “While adhering to the highest standards of expert knowledge and customer service, we remain faithful to our core values. Becoming Andersen Global’s full-fledged member firm reflects our continuous commitment to those values and guarantees consistent services to our clients all over the world”, she adds.

For KSP, collaboration with the Warsaw team of Andersen Global stands for mutual support, interesting challenges, and above all, comprehensive services to clients, everywhere and at all times.

Established in 2013 by U.S. member firm Andersen Tax LLC, Andersen Global now has more than 4 thousand professionals and a presence in over 120 locations.