Due to the prolonged period of restrictions on conducting business activity, additional government aid was provided to new industries in a difficult situation. By the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of April 16, 2021 (the so-called Anti-crisis Shield 9.0), changes were made to 4 instruments: refinancing of employees’ remuneration, subsidies for the costs of […]
Anti-crisis Shield 7.0 – Additional aid for entrepreneurs available from 1 February 2021
The Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 19 January 2021 on support for economic participants affected by the COVID-19 outrage introduce 4 forms of support for entrepreneurs: (i) job protection benefits, (ii) additional stoppage refund, (iii) one-off subsidy, (iv) exemption from social security contributions. Protection package is addressed to companies operating in the most […]
Anti-crisis Shield – a bill draft of aid for industries in a difficult situation in the Polish Parliament
On 26 October a bill was submitted to counter the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in the gastronomy, entertainment, fitness, and retail sectors. The new anti-crisis shield is to cover around 200 000 companies and 372 000 employees. The estimated cost to the state budget is to be over PLN 1.8 billion. The main […]
Extension of deadline for submitting applications for co-financing of employees’ salaries
We would like to inform you that the deadline for submitting applications for the co-financing of employees’ salaries from the Guaranteed Employee Benefits Fund (GEBF) has been extended. The applications may be submitted until the 30th day after the date of the cancellation of the epidemic status. This change was introduced by “Anti-Crisis Shield 5.0” […]
Anti-crisis Shield 4.0 – bad debt relief and the so-called minimum income tax
On June 24, 2020, the so-called anti-crisis Shield 4.0 regulations entered into force introducing to the acts on income taxes i.a. an episodic exemption from the tax on revenues from buildings and shortening the period after which a taxpayer is entitled to take advantage of the so-called bad debt relief. Exemption from tax on revenues from buildings New […]
Anti-crisis Shield 4.0
The Parliament (Sejm) adopted on 5 June 2020 the so-called Anti-crisis Shield 4.0. The bill is to be voted in the Senate. Below we present the most important assumptions of it. Micro-loan The entrepreneur’s obligation to submit an application for loan remission will be lifted – the district employment agency (PUP) will exempt from this […]
Anti-Crisis Shield 3.0 – to be continued
The government’s bill on the new aid program as part of anti-crisis regulations (the so-called Anti-Crisis Shield 3.0) is now going to be discussed in the Senate. SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS Extension of the exemption – individuals conducting business activity and paying social security contributions will be allowed to benefit from social security contributions’ exemption also when […]
Anti-crisis Shield 2.0 – complementary package
The so-called Anti-Crisis Shield 2.0 extending provisions of the earlier Anti-crisis shield (referred to on our blog) entered into force on 18 April 2020. Below we present the most important implemented changes: Refinancing under the so-called downtime The possibility of granting the stoppage benefit – to be granted, the entrepreneur has to show that the […]
“Anti-crisis shield” – Polish government finally published draft bills
Polish government published on 26 March the so-called “anti-crisis shield” – a package of draft bills. Today (27 March) the Parliament is to vote on the projects. The proposed changes are aimed at protecting the labor market and improving companies’ cash flow. The size of the company and the type of industry will decide on […]