Supervisory boards; The end of umowa o dzieło?; Custom duties; Agrotourism

Regulations state that members of supervisory boards do not necessarily have to be paid, however, there are doubts about the possibilities of them being paid on the basis of an invoice issued from their own one-man companies. (Rzeczpospolita, May 15) ... Finance Minister Grzegorz Kołodko confirmed on Tuesday he would try to abolish the 50% tax break in the so-called creative contracts (umowa o dzieło), used by artists, authors and translators. Kołodko stressed he would compensate those affected by this, but he would reveal no details on the matter. (Gazeta Wyborcza, May 14) ... The government has created a new list of products, which under an EU agreement on trade liberalization, would be free of additional custom duties. The group comprises meat, vegetables, corn and wine. (Gazeta Prawna, May 14). Farmers providing agrotourist services are VAT payers, the same as regular hotels, regardless of the fact that agrotourism is not usually run on the basis of a registered company. (Rzeczpospolita, May 15). (Tax News is based on PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Department web service, www.taxonline.pl) J.K.