E-taxes to boost efficiency, but who'll cough up the coffers?

It is envisaged that the scheme will commence at the end of the year. However, as the Ministry's IT director Józef Adamus explains, "We have already designed the concept, prepared an analysis of our requirements and estimated the costs. But first we must raise the funding for this investment." The Ministry hopes to acquire funds from the EU, but this would require coming up with at least a third of the necessary funding, and at present the Ministry's IT budget for the current year stands at just zł.89 million. Should the system be implemented, it would simplify procedures and coordinate the efforts of the administration, local governments, banks and companies. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) M.M.