{"id":5769,"date":"2016-08-29T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T07:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmr-restrukturyzacje.local\/pmr\/jak-fiskus-wyciska-gieldowa-spolke-action\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T17:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T17:39:00","slug":"how-the-tax-office-squeezes-a-listed-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/how-the-tax-office-squeezes-a-listed-company\/","title":{"rendered":"How the fiscal is squeezing listed company Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since tax-evading fraudsters are elusive for the tax authorities, all those operating in the same industry become suspects. Now it has fallen on Piotr Bieli\u0144ski, whose company Action is to pay PLN 90 million. Are we getting ready for a new Optimus case?<\/p>\n

When Piotr Bielinski first cancelled Action's earnings forecast more than a year ago, investors never imagined there would be so much drama. Action was a giant in electronics distribution, the most profitable company in the industry, with 5 billion in revenue. But within a year and a half, the company's value fell from nearly a billion to PLN 95 million. Bielinski, however, does not lose his resonance. He enters the office slightly late, straight from meetings with key suppliers and insurers. On the way, he has also eaten something quickly.<\/p>\n

- After all, I can't get an ulcer in my stomach because of the absurd accusations of the tax authorities and the banks, which, by reducing our limits, violate the restructuring law. I won't leave it at that,\" he throws in a greeting. For the time being, he is calling on the banks to perform the contracts they have with Action. - If that doesn't work, we will definitely apply for damages,\" he adds.<\/p>\n

Following its troubles in 2015, in July this year the tax offices in Warsaw and Olsztyn demanded that the listed company refund PLN 90 million in outstanding VAT. Analysts suspended issuing recommendations for the company, banks restricted its financing and small investors declared it bankrupt on online forums. Only it wasn't Action that misaccounted for the VAT, but it was defrauded by the distant contractors of its counterparties, situated somewhere in fifth or sixth place in the chain of multiple electronics sales transactions.<\/p>\n

- We don't know these companies, they are not our contractors, we had no way of verifying them. The tax control office came to us because we are probably the only company<\/a> in this chain, which has cash at its disposal \u2013 complains Bieli\u0144ski.<\/p>\n

\u2013 The tax office does not accuse the taxpayer of fraud. It suspects him of not having exercised due diligence to protect himself from being involved in a chain of transactions with fraudsters \u2013 explains the problem Tomasz Michalik, head of the largest Polish company<\/a> MDDP tax advisory. And at the same time he asks whether it is really clear how he was supposed to do it. In his opinion, the taxpayer may not even have a chance to defend himself, because the seizure of such a large amount by the tax office will lead to the company's insolvency.
\n(…)<\/p>\n

The material appeared in the magazine:
\n<\/b>
\n1 September 2016:
\n\" How the fiscal is squeezing listed company Action<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poniewa\u017c wy\u0142udzaj\u0105cy podatki oszu\u015bci s\u0105 dla urz\u0119d\u00f3w skarbowych nieuchwytni, podejrzani staj\u0105 si\u0119 wszyscy ci, kt\u00f3rzy dzia\u0142aj\u0105 w tej samej bran\u017cy. Teraz pad\u0142o na Piotra Bieli\u0144skiego, kt\u00f3rego sp\u00f3\u0142ka Action ma zap\u0142aci\u0107 90 mln z\u0142. Czy szykuje nam si\u0119 nowa sprawa Optimusa? Kiedy ponad rok temu Piotr Bieli\u0144ski po raz pierwszy odwo\u0142ywa\u0142 prognoz\u0119 wynik\u00f3w Action, inwestorzy nie przypuszczali, \u017ce b\u0119dzie a\u017c taki dramat. Action by\u0142 potentatem w dystrybucji elektroniki, najbardziej zyskown\u0105 firm\u0105 z bran\u017cy, z 5 mld przychod\u00f3w. Ale w ci\u0105gu p\u00f3\u0142tora roku warto\u015b\u0107 sp\u00f3\u0142ki spad\u0142a z blisko miliarda do 95 mln z\u0142. Bieli\u0144ski nie traci jednak rezonu. Do gabinetu wchodzi lekko sp\u00f3\u017aniony, prosto ze spotka\u0144 z kluczowymi dostawcami i ubezpieczycielami. Po drodze jeszcze co\u015b szybko zjad\u0142. – Przecie\u017c nie mog\u0119 si\u0119 nabawi\u0107 wrzod\u00f3w \u017co\u0142\u0105dka z powodu absurdalnych zarzut\u00f3w urz\u0119d\u00f3w skarbowych oraz bank\u00f3w, kt\u00f3re zmniejszaj\u0105c nam limity, naruszaj\u0105 przepisy prawa restrukturyzacyjnego. Nie zostawi\u0119 tak tego – rzuca na powitanie. Na razie wzywa banki do wykonywania um\u00f3w, kt\u00f3re maj\u0105 z Action. – Je\u015bli to nie przyniesie skutku, na pewno wyst\u0105pimy o odszkodowania – dodaje. Po k\u0142opotach, kt\u00f3re pojawi\u0142y si\u0119 w 2015 roku, w lipcu tego roku urz\u0119dy skarbowe w Warszawie i Olsztynie za\u017c\u0105da\u0142y od gie\u0142dowej sp\u00f3\u0142ki zwrotu 90 mln z\u0142otych z tytu\u0142u zaleg\u0142ego podatku VAT. Analitycy zawiesili wydawanie rekomendacji dla firmy, banki ograniczy\u0142y jej finansowanie, a drobni inwestorzy uznali na internetowych forach, \u017ce jest bankrutem. Tyle \u017ce to nie Action \u017ale rozliczy\u0142 VAT, ale wy\u0142udzili go odlegli kontrahenci jego kontrahent\u00f3w, usytuowani w \u0142a\u0144cuchu wielokrotnych transakcji sprzeda\u017cy elektroniki gdzie\u015b na pi\u0105tym lub sz\u00f3stym miejscu. – Nie znamy tych sp\u00f3\u0142ek, to nie s\u0105 nasi kontrahenci, nie mieli\u015bmy \u017cadnych mo\u017cliwo\u015bci ich weryfikacji. Urz\u0105d kontroli skarbowej przyszed\u0142 do nas, bo pewnie jeste\u015bmy jedyn\u0105 firm\u0105 w tym \u0142a\u0144cuchu, kt\u00f3ra dysponuje got\u00f3wk\u0105 – skar\u017cy si\u0119 Bieli\u0144ski. – Fiskus nie zarzuca podatnikowi oszustwa. Podejrzewa go, \u017ce nie wykaza\u0142 nale\u017cytej staranno\u015bci, by zabezpieczy\u0107 si\u0119 przed znalezieniem si\u0119 w \u0142a\u0144cuchu transakcji z oszustami – t\u0142umaczy problem Tomasz Michalik, szef najwi\u0119kszej polskiej firmy doradztwa podatkowego MDDP. I\u00a0zarazem zadaje pytanie, czy na pewno jest jasne, jak mia\u0142 to zrobi\u0107. Jego zdaniem podatnik mo\u017ce nawet nie mie\u0107 szansy na obron\u0119, bo zaj\u0119cie przez urz\u0105d skarbowy tak wielkiej kwoty doprowadzi sp\u00f3\u0142k\u0119 do niewyp\u0142acalno\u015bci. (…) Materia\u0142 ukaza\u0142 si\u0119 w magazynie: dnia 1 wrze\u015bnia 2016: \u00bb Jak fiskus wyciska gie\u0142dow\u0105 sp\u00f3\u0142k\u0119 Action<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[30],"class_list":["post-5769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"authors":[{"term_id":30,"user_id":12,"is_guest":0,"slug":"teampmr-restructuring-pl","display_name":"Zesp\u00f3\u0142 PMR","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/logo2-e1729926426335.png","url2x":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/logo2-e1729926426335.png"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5769"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmrsa.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}