Wpływ pandemii COVID-19 na kształtowanie wyników bilansowych i podatkowych przez wybrane przedsiębiorstwa z branży budowlanej, transportowej i turystycznej w Polsce
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the choice of strategies for shaping balance sheet and tax results by selected companies from the construction, transport, and tourism industries in Poland

Summary/Abstract: Aim: The aim of the paper is to indicate how the balance sheet and tax results of selected companies from the construction, transport and tourism industries were shaped during the pandemic and in subsequent years.Separate financial statements of medium-sized companies were analysed. A total of 48 reports for the period 2018–2021 were examined. The focus was on the income statement and income tax items. The results of the conducted analyses were used to identify strategies for shaping results within the balance sheet and tax law for selected enterprises. Strategies for presenting business results have not been clearly identi- fied in all cases. In the transport and construction industries, select- ed companies sought to increase profits intensively or avoid showing losses at all costs. However, in the tourism industry, you can see the use of the “big bath” strategy. In the tax area, it was noted that not all analyzed companies, as expected, recorded a decrease in the amount of income tax reported in the income statement.The study was limited to medium-sized enterprises and only three industries significantly affected by COVID-19 in 2020 and beyond. It would also be worth looking at other industries and larger entities, also in the context of subsequent waves of the epidemic.The article presents the impact of COVID-19 on the balance sheet and tax results of selected entities from the medium-sized enterprise sector. The article discusses a current topic, which will be a frequent research area in the future due to the uniqueness of the event that was (is) the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as its impact on the economy, in microeconomic terms.

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