Articles & Opinions

You will find here the articles written by Forvis Mazars Poland experts.

Trends shaping the audit industry worldwide are now also seen in Poland

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Małgorzata Pek: Approximately 87% of respondents in our study stressed the need for development of assurance services. It is already a clear trend in Western European countries, but it has been slowly emerging also in Poland.

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Pandemic and the strategy of outsourcing providers

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One of the strategies of outsourcing providers in times of the pandemic was the transition to remote work. In each company, this change had to be preceded by many preparations, such as digitisation of documents, verification of the internet connection bandwidth, number of VPN and, above all, contacts with existing clients.

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Resilient and responsible: the luxury industry faces its future

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Marking the release of Mazars’ new report on how the luxury business model is being made over, we speak to Comité Colbert CEO Bénédicte Epinay about the resilience of the luxury industry, the importance of Gen Y and Z to its future, and how sustainability is taking centre stage.

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Reinventing the wheel: what’s driving change in 21st century mobility

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How can the mobility sector respond to evolving consumer expectations to influence and lead a transformation towards cleaner, more connected and collaborative systems?

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Attendance of statutory auditors at physical inventory counting during the pandemic

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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic a number of difficulties related to the performance of duties necessary to properly prepare financial statements have arisen. One of them is the inventory of assets. Companies face problems both with the organisation of the physical count, in particular due to the need to meet additional sanitary requirements, and with enabling the statutory auditor representative to attend the inventory count.

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Accounting and tax compliance challenges in e-commerce sector

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1/7/2020 Present crisis due to Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions of economic life induce entrepreneurs to look for new business opportunities. For this reason, companies running traditional retail activity are moving to virtual sales channels and thus become e-commerce traders.

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COVID-19: What is the forecast for the unemployment rate in CEE?

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The labor markets, also in the Central and Eastern Europe, have already exhibited signs of overheating in many of the countries, with unemployment dropping to the record low levels unseen before, especially in Poland and in the Czech Republic.

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Central banks are planning radical regulatory changes due to climate crisis - commercial banks have to prepare themselves

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About 70% of central banks and regulators see the climate changes as major threat to financial stability. Climate factors will soon be compulsorily included in stress tests.

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Umowy najmu w czasach COVID-19 a MSSF 16

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W wyniku pandemii koronawirusa wielu przedsiębiorców zostało zmuszonych do zamknięcia lokali handlowo-usługowych, a znacząca część firm wynajmujących powierzchnie biurowe zdecydowała się wdrożyć system pracy zdalnej. W praktyce oznacza to, że wynajmowane powierzchnie nie są wykorzystywane, co nie zwalnia jednak firm z obowiązku płatności czynszu i innych opłat z tytułu najmu.

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Public aid related to Covid-19: the Polish state and the competitiveness of companies after the crisis

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Local governments for legitimate reasons prepare heavy artillery to help companies get through this period. This unprecedented situation is of course necessary for the company to survive on the market the pandemic period.

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