Law In Brief 2: Officials wealth declarations; NSA on closing company books

The government has recently presented its draft regulation under which fin ancial declarations of judges and prosecutors will be carefully scrutinized by tax offices. So far, the documents were filed with the officials superio rs. (Rzeczpospolita, p.C1) ... Companies to be taken over should close their books prior to the action as otherwise their new owner may be forced to ful fill their fiscal obligations and pay their tax due, the supreme Administra tive Court (NSA) has ruled. (Rzeczpospolita, p.C2) J.K.