Tariefverhoging vanaf 1 oktober 2014
De liquidatieboni, die ontstaan wanneer het vermogen van een vennootschap wordt uitgekeerd naar aanleiding van diens vereffening, konden lange tijd ‘genieten’ van een tarief van 10% aan roerende voorheffing. In de recente begrotingscontrole van de regering Di Rupo ging dit gunsttarief dan toch voor de bijl. De heffing stijgt van 10 naar 25%. Het was klaarblijkelijk niet de bedoeling van de regering om de vennootschappen op snelheid te pakken, want de tariefverhoging gaat maar in vanaf 1 oktober 2014.
Le Luxembourg souhaite se doter de nouvelles procédures d’insolvabilité en raison d’une augmentation constante du nombre de faillites qui a désormais atteint un niveau record en dépassant le millier de faillites depuis 2012. Le gouvernement considère qu’en période de crise la mise en place d’un système approprié en matière d’entreprises en difficulté devient primordiale pour prévenir au mieux la faillite.
Afin de pallier à certains manquements de la LCE et de remédier à certains abus, le législateur a décidé de modifier certaines dispositions de la LCE en adoptant une loi modificative qui ne remet pas fondamentalement cause les principes généraux de la LCE et son intérêt. Certains éléments méritent toutefois que l’on s’y arrête.
Bénéficiaires d’un régime de faveur dans le cadre du concordat judiciaire, l’ONSS et l’administration fiscale sont considérés aux yeux de la LCE comme des créanciers sursitaires ordinaires, à l’instar de tous les créanciers qui ne possèdent ni privilège spécial, ni hypothèque, ni clause de réserve de propriété à l’encontre de leur débiteur.
In AMR Corporation, et al., Debtors, Case No. 12-3967, 2013 WL 1339123 (S.D.N.Y. April 3, 2013), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York acknowledged that to be granted relief from the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(d), a secured creditor has the initial burden to show that there has been a decline—or at least a risk of decline—in the value of its collateral. Only then will the burden shift to the debtor to prove that the value of the collateral is not, in fact, declining.
In Morning Mist Holdings Limited v. Krys (In re Fairfield Sentry Limited), Case No. 11-4376, 2013 WL 1593348 (2d Cir.
Although business bankruptcy filings have trended down in recent months, the lingering legacy of litigation prompted by the surge in filings at the outset of the U.S. financial crisis remains with us and continues to strike many general counsel with unexpected actions for recovery of payments made by the debtor in the run-up to a Chapter 11 case.
The United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the 6th Circuit affirmed the Bankruptcy Court dismissal of five single – asset real estate Debtors’ Jointly Administered Chapter 11 cases under the “For Cause” dismissal provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C.A. § 1112 (b). see In re Creekside Senior Apartments, LP, et al., 2013 WL 1188061 (6th Cir. BAP Ky.)
Adjustments to certain dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code may affect your decision and strategy to either file a bankruptcy or in defending certain actions filed against you or your company. The automatic adjustments to the dollar amounts in various provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 101 et seq. went into effect on April 1, 2013. You may access the official forms by clicking the following link to the United States Courts:
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy many businesses have been negatively impacted financially throughout regions from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Hardest hit are businesses located not only along the New Jersey, Staten Island and Long Island NY coasts but in areas that have never experienced such a devastating disaster. Areas such as Hoboken NJ,lower Manhattan and the NYC East Side. Even businesses located in inland communit