The European Court of Justice (ECJ) June 11 issued a preliminary ruling for Case No. C-146/19, stating that EU principles under the common VAT system prevent the Slovenian denial of a reduction of the VAT base for an insolvent company. A taxpayer filed for insolvency, and after the bankruptcy concluded a Slovenian tax agency audit…
Extraction Oil & Gas, whose share price soared threefold during a frenzy of buying last week, declared bankruptcy late on Sunday, making the large US shale producer the latest victim of the worst oil-price crash in decades. The Denver-based company filed for Chapter 11 protection as a 30-day grace period on a bond interest payment…
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and his department, financial regulators, banks, business groups and insolvency practitioners are consulting on the planned roll-off of the measures. One suggestion has been to extend by a few months the moratorium on directors being liable for insolvent trading, or to prolong the time companies have to respond to demands from creditors…
Podcast: Two Cents’ Worth When Christchurch bookkeeper and business owner Lisa Cowe was declared bankrupt in 2017, it was over a $6,200 credit card debt owed to the BNZ. Cowe joined 1862 others in bankruptcy that year, many of them voluntarily making the move to clear their debts and attempt to start anew, free of…
Coronavirus-hit car rental company Hertz was granted permission Friday to sell $1 billion in shares, an extraordinary move after it declared bankruptcy in the United States and Canada. The unusual green light was given by a bankruptcy court in the US state of Delaware, which “held a hearing and approved the Motion,” according to documents…
WASHINGTON In a move that some bankers and commentators have called insane, coronavirus-hit car rental company Hertz was granted permission Friday to sell $1 billion in shares, an extraordinary move after it declared bankruptcy in the United States and Canada. The unusual green light was given by a bankruptcy court in the US state of…
There were 1200 fewer court actions in April and May this year compared to the same two months in 2019 despite the widespread shutdowns of huge parts of the economy due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the start of the virus, the industry had been expecting a surge in bankruptcies. Mr Coghlan said financially troubled…
CNBC.com’s MacKenzie Sigalos brings you the day’s top business news headlines. On today’s show, CNBC’s Dominic Chu breaks down why traders have bought so much stock in bankrupt companies like Hertz and J.C. Penney, and how it can quickly become a losing game. Also, CNBC’s Elizabeth Schulze explains how empty sports stadiums pose an imminent…
Calm before the storm as bankruptcy numbers fall during lockdown | The Independent Independent Premium Drop in insolvencies linked to government bailoutand reduced court sittings More economic turbulence expected as GDP plummets by over 20 per cent ( Getty Images ) … Read the full article at: https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/coronavirus-bankrupt-lockdown-debt-insolvency-service-a9563991.html
The market dislocation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic has a poster child in Hertz Global Holdings Inc. A bankruptcy court late Friday approved Hertzs HTZ, +37.37% request to sell up to $1 billion in stock. The car-rental company appears to be seizing on a wave of intense, speculative interest in its shares since it declared…