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Recovery of Claims from Cryptocurrencies

There are currently around 1,600 cryptocurrencies on the exchange market. This is a relatively new phenomenon and difficult to define, so for the purposes of this article, we will simplistically assume, following Article 2(2)(26) of the AML/CFT Act, that cryptocurrencies can be qualified as virtual currency, i.e. a digital representation of value that can be exchanged for legal tender in business transactions. Read more »

Liability of collective entities for environmental offences

Just before the Oder disaster on 22 July 2022, the Environmental Crime Prevention Act was enacted. It introduces amendments to a number of laws, primarily the Criminal Code, the Misdemeanours Code and the Collective Entity Liability Act. Read more »

Legal responsibility for the Oder ecological disaster

We are getting closer to knowing the key dates and places where the Oder catastrophe began - recent satellite analyses point to key days and places where this ecological damage may have originated. Read more »

New taxes under Polish Deal 2.0

Effective January 1, 2022, the tax regulations introduced as part of the Polish Deal (which is now already referred to as "Polish Deal 1.0") proved so problematic that after just six months in effect they were replaced by other, intended to be better and simplify the tax system. Read more »

Another bill to protect whistleblowers

On 7 July 2022. The Government Legislation Centre has published a third draft of the Whistleblower Protection Bill. The project is the result of the need to implement the EU Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (the Whistleblowing Directive), this time clarifying previously proposed solutions and offering cosmetic changes. Read more »

SUPPORT FOR BORROWERS IN „PLN”

The Monetary Policy Council began a cycle of interest rate hikes from October 2021. The main reference rate rose to 6.5 percent from 0.1 percent, which was at its lowest level to date and was in effect during the pandemic.  Read more »

Tax Offices will look into our bank accounts. New regulations come into force in July

From July, the commonly known as "Treasury" will gain new powers - to look into our bank accounts. What is most important, such a possibility will be theoretically updated "without any procedure". It should be noted that until July 2022 such a possibility existed only for suspects.  Read more »

Tax residence of war refugees from Ukraine during their stay in Poland

The special "law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with the armed conflict in the territory of that state" published on March 12, 2022, made it possible for Ukrainian war refugees to legalize their stay on the territory of Poland. Read more »