This briefing discusses certain Spanish tax points regarding financially distressed and insolvent corporate taxpayers, (secondary) tax liabilities and preferential rights in relation to tax claims.
On 8 April 2020, the Federal Council affirmed its willingness to offer support for companies in financial difficulties because of the coronavirus crisis. At the same time, the Federal Council decided not to extend the legal standstill in civil and administrative court proceedings and in debt enforcement actions. The legal standstill will end as planned on 19 April 2020 at midnight.
En raison de la situation exceptionnelle liée à la pandémie du coronavirus, le Conseil fédéral a ordonné une suspension temporaire des poursuites. Cette suspension des poursuites aura effet du 19 mars 2020 au 4 avril 2020 et sera immédiatement suivie par les féries de poursuite qui durent du 5 avril au 19 avril 2020. Nous répondrons ci-dessous à quelques questions pratiques sur le droit des poursuites et faillites en temps de crise du coronavirus.
1. Que signifie « suspension des poursuites » ?
On April 16, 2020, the Swiss Federal Council enacted the COVID-19 Insolvency Ordinance. One of its main goals is to relieve pressure on executive bodies of Swiss entities to request the opening of insolvency proceedings. Relief is targeted at overindebtedness situations caused by negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on liquidity, earnings and going-concern prospects. Further, the Swiss Federal Council put in place a special COVID-19 moratorium.
April 2020
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As announced on 9 April 2020, the Swiss Government today adopted measures to prevent a wave of bankruptcies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the heart of the measures is the suspension of the duty to notify the court in the event of over-indebtedness and a new moratorium designed for SMEs (COVID-19 Moratorium).
Newsletter No. 138 April 2020
Tax treatment in the hands of the creditor
In Sweden, debt is typically waived through either judicial settlement (Sw. offentligt ackord) (which will not be discussed here) or through private settlement (Sw. underhandsackord) between creditor and debtor.
As many of you know, on December 19, 2011, Saab Automobile AB and affiliated companies filed for bankruptcy in Sweden. The company issued a bulletin to its dealers that same day, announcing that it immediately suspended processing and payment of all claims, and it is suspending warranty coverage on all new Saab vehicles. What does this mean for dealers? Every dealer’s situation is different, and each dealer will have to evaluate its own circumstances based on consultation with an attorney.
In a recent case from the Swedish Supreme Court, case no Ö 4631-11, jurisdictional matters in terms of competence of Swedish courts were considered. The case involved a creditor’s recovery claims in a bankruptcy, in which the assets requested to be recovered consisted of Swedish and foreign patents that had previously been assigned under an agreement in 2004 to a foreign company located in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
In a recent case (T 5911-15) the Supreme Court clarified how to interpret joint and several liability when the creditor settles with one of the debtors and simultaneously releases that party from any future claims.
Der Bundesrat hat aufgrund der ausserordentlichen Lage mit Bezug auf die Corona-Pandemie den Rechtsstillstand im Betreibungswesen angeordnet. Dieser Rechtsstillstand gilt vom 19. März 2020 bis am 4. April 2020. Im unmittelbaren Anschluss daran beginnen die gesetzlichen Betreibungsferien, welche vom 5. April bis am 19. April 2020 dauern. Im Folgenden beantworten wir einige praktische Fragen zum Betreibungs- und Konkursrecht in Zeiten der Corona-Krise.
1. Was bedeutet Rechtsstillstand?