Assisting businesses during the coronavirus crisis

• applications for subsidies on remuneration of individuals affected by economic downtime or a reduction in working hours;
  
• applications to the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) for exemption from contributions;
• applications to the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) for postponement of the contribution payment deadline;
• changes to working hours.

• review of existing leases;
• assistance in negotiations over lease performance during the epidemic.

• review of existing contracts in terms of inability to perform the contract, occurrence of force majeure, and application of the rebus sic stantibus clause;
• support in negotiation of new terms and conditions of business contracts;
• certificates confirming circumstances that could exempt a party from contractual liability.

• restrictions to conducting business;
• employer’s responsibilities regarding the organisation of work processes;
• restrictions to the movement of people.

• out-of-court restructuring of liabilities;
  
• in-court restructuring proceedings. 
  

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• checking of conditions for obtaining aid from PFR;
• preparing, collecting and assistance in obtaining the required legal and financial documentation;
• support in drafting documents in foreign languages, including translation of applications (German, English, Spanish, Italian, French);
• day-to-day support in filling in and filing applications;
• legal opinions on how to spend the received subsidies;
• opinions as part of financial consulting on conducting business in a way allowing the recognition of cash losses;
• day-to-day advice on using the received subsidies;
• assistance in preparing a subsidy spending report;
• support in accounting for subsidies.
  

• presentation of the forms of aid available from PFR, assistance in choosing the most suitable form of aid;
• checking of conditions for obtaining aid from PFR;
• estimation of the EBITDA, determining the attainable aid amount and an approximate loan amount that may be forgiven under preferential financing;
• preparation of or assistance in collecting the required legal or financial documents and, at the client’s request, support in preparing a financial forecast taking into account the impact of COVID-19 on the client’s operations;
• support in drafting documents in foreign languages, including translation of applications (German, English, Spanish, Italian, French);
• day-to-day assistance in filling in and filing the application, including collecting of documents necessary to undergo a due diligence audit, and conducting of negotiations with PFR on behalf of the enterprise;
• drafting a legal opinion on how to spend the financial aid and on other aid-related implications;
• support in accounting for the received financial aid.
  

• checking of conditions for the postponement of the PIT payment deadline;
• applications for postponement of the payment deadline for VAT and for CIT advances;
• applications for postponement of the payment deadline for real property tax;
• applications to local government units for exemption from real property tax;
• support in meeting VAT-related obligations in a timely and correct manner.

• checking if the 2019 CIT accounts are correct before filing the CIT return;
• identification of activities that pose a risk of a dispute with tax authorities;
• checking the available tax relief options;
• assistance in preparing the CIT return;
• option to extend the audit to include other taxes and transactions (PIT, VAT, obligations under MDR);
• support for the management and the financial accounting department in taking measures and decisions to mitigate the impact of the crisis caused by the epidemic.

• changes to the SAF-T (JPK);
• new VAT rates, applying for Binding VAT Rate Information;
• changes to withholding tax laws;
• audit to check compliance with the new provisions on split payment and the whitelist.

• analysing how coronavirus affects the terms and conditions of transactions between associated enterprises;
• analysing how the economic slowdown caused by SARS-CoV-2 affects, or may affect, the APA procedure.