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Five employees of the Poznan office have participated in this run with a charitable purpose. The gathered revenues are intended for purchase of five prostheses for people after amputations.

On September 9th, 2014 at the exhibition centre in Poznan a conference “Poland – a German speaking country. Perspectives for the economic cooperation. Opportunities and challenges for the Polish entrepreneurs” took place. Jolanta Krzeminska, Karolina Baralkiewicz-Sokal and Henning von Zanthier participated in the event. Moreover, Jolanta Krzeminska hold a lecture on “Legal framework for the Polish entrepreneurs in the expansion on the German market”.

Every year all Polonia entrepreneurs from around the globe arrive at the “World Polonia Economic Conference” in order to share their personal experience on various world markets. The law firm VON ZANTHIER & SCHULZ was represented by Magdalena Stawska-Höbel.

The organization „Employers of Poland”, German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) and Trade and Investment Promotion Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland organized on June 12th, 2014 the Summer Festival of the Polish and German Industry. Magdalena Stawska-Höbel, Karolina Baralkiewicz-Sokal, Jolanta Krzeminska and Henning von Zanthier participated in this event. 

Magdalena Stawska-Höbel was participating in the German-Polish economic meeting organized by “The Chamber of Commerce” and Industry and Trade and Investment Promotion Section from Cologne. 

There will be the largest bilateral meeting of Polish and Indian companies in Poznań during the ITM-fair (innovations, technologies and machines) on June 3^rd, 2014. Around 100 companies from India will participate in this meeting. Mr. Henning von Zanthier and Ms. Joanna Witkiewicz will talk about the investment climate in Poland and investment possibilities by Indian companies in Poland.

Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal and Łukasz Dachowski will participate in the DIRO meeting in Warsaw from May 8^th, 2014 –May 10^th, 2014 (DIRO EWIV is focused on cross-border transactions and represent nearly 40 international law firms in all major European business centers).

Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal will participate in the conference of the Polish Wind Energy Association (PSEW) from May 27^th, 2014 – May 28^th, 2014.

Mrs. Stawska-Höbel held a lecture on February 26th, 2014 on the subject: “German-Polish economic relations, conclusion of contracts with German business partners” in Pila/Poland (I. Wirtschaftsforum/I. FORUM GOSPODARCZE).

Mrs. Magdalena Stawska-Höbel participated in the “3. Außenwirtschaftstag - Architecture, Planning and Construction” in the Foreign Office on February 18th, 2014. As a podium hostess at the workshop “Poland” Mrs. Stawska-Höbel has reported about the construction industry in Poland and about the statutory provisions in Poland.

The Federal Fiscal Court has recently clarified the issue of tax approval of labor contracts with close relatives and stated as follows: employment contracts with close relatives are generally recognized for tax purposes if the contract is valid under civil law and common in the market and if the service agreed on (payment of the salary on the one hand side and activity of the employee on the other hand side) is actually provided. According to the recent decision of the Federal Fiscal Court it is not harmful, if the employee works more than agreed. The presentation of time sheets is also not required. It would be harmful, if the employee would work less.

You can find more information about this issue in the current tax alert.

Further topics are: all-clear for the sales tax credit note, travel expenses in 2014, income tax at corporate events, contributions to securing the future of the employee, taxation on redundancy payment, tax reduction for handicraft services, donation between spouses.