Entering subsidies from the operating program Innovative Economy 1.4-4.1 Action „Supporting Targeted Projects and Supporting Implementation of B+R work results” in account books and financial reports

Abstract

The issue of entering subsidies from the European Union means designed for financing industrial studies and/or developmental work as well as of implementation of the results of these studies or work in the area of economic activities of the entrepreneur within the operating program Innovative Economy 1.4-4.1 Action „Supporting Targeted Projects and Supporting Implementation of B+R work results” is a topical one because of the possibility to obtain the subsidies that companies enjoy after Poland joined the European Union.

Subsidizing the completed developmental work within the „study stage” of the 1.4-4.1 Action is a „subsidy for the assets” and should be entered in the account books as the income of future periods. In the next periods the sums counted as inter-period income gradually increase the remaining operation income, parallel to amortization or remitting allowance for the cost of developmental work financed from this source.

Subsidizing the building of fixed assets and nonmaterial or legal assets within the „implementation stage” of the 1.4-4.1 Action is a „subsidy for the assets” and should be entered in the account books, taking into consideration the regulations of Art. 41 section 1 paragraph 2 of the Law of Accountancy. The way the assets have been acquired does not affect the way they should be entered – it does not matter whether they have been purchased or financed by way of leasing.

Subsidizing the outlays made by companies, that are operating costs belonging to the two stages of the 1.4-4.1 Action is a „subsidy for the income”. Such support should be included into the remaining operating costs.