Changes on the horizon for taxes on deposits, but import tax looks unlikely

Although new Finance Minister Grzegorz Kolodko has only mentioned possible changes to corporate income tax in his public statements, there is also talk of other tax changes being considered by the government. The Polish Peasants Party (PSL), junior partner in the ruling coalition, is now returning to one of its favorite ideas - that of the controversial import tax. PSL was rather disappointed after its meeting with Kolodko on Wednesday, that the minister no longer advocates this tax, though a few months ago he did. "Minister Kolodko believes that the import tax is a good solution, but that it is now a year too late to implement it," said PSL's Zbigniew Kuzmiuk. Meanwhile, the government is considering suspending the tax on interest from deposits, as its yields to date are far below expectations. In the first two months of the tax's implementation, only zl.82 million was collected, while the budget assumes a net total of zl.1.2 billion from the tax this year. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) T.J.