Relationship between the joint-stock company and stockholders

According to provisions of the Companies Act relationship between the joint-stock company and stockholders shall be defined with rights and obligations as follows:

  • Right to a dividend
  • Limitations on payments to stockholders
  • Pre-emptive subscription right of the stocks
  • Financial Support of the company in acquiring stocks
  • Withdrawal and cancellation of stocks due to failure to pay or enter the contribution.

It is also important to emphasize that all shareholders are treated equally under the same circumstances. Continue reading Relationship between the joint-stock company and stockholders

Types and clases of stocks which issue company

The stocks issued by the company are issued in their dematerialized form and read in the name of a stockholder, and the provisions of those regulations governing the capital market are applied to the registration of the issue of stocks, their legal holders, transfer of stocks, transfer of rights deriving from stocks, limitation of rights deriving from stocks and entry of third party stock rights into Central Securities, Depositary and Clearing House (hereinafter: Central Registry). A stock is indivisible.

A resolution on the issue of stocks, i.e. other securities has to contain all their essential elements pursuant to the regulations governing the operation of the capital market. Issuing of stocks and other securities by public offering is done pursuant to Companies Act and the law governing the capital market.

It is considered that a stockholder in relation to a joint stock company and third parties is a person who is entered in the Central Registry as a legal holder of a stock, and the day of entering in the Central Registry is the day of acquiring the stock. Continue reading Types and clases of stocks which issue company

Tax aspect of liquidation of companies

Tax aspect of liquidation of companies have their own specific characteristics in relation to the general corporate tax regime.

The most common tax questions which arise regarding the tax aspect of liquidation of companies are:

  • assessment of tax on corporate profit of companies in liquidation and
  • tax treatment of payments of the liquidation surplus.

Assessment of tax on profit of companies in liquidation

Generally according to the provisions of Article 34 of the Corporate Profit Tax Law, taxpayer’s profit in the process of liquidation shall be taxed in accordance with that law. Continue reading Tax aspect of liquidation of companies