Entrepreneurs urge Miller to introduce flat-rate PIT

The Polish Entrepreneurship Council (PRP), representing various domestic employers, has turned to Prime Minister Leszek Miller with a proposition to introduce an 18% flat-rate personal income tax, with the automatic voiding of all tax breaks. According to Polish entrepreneurs, the system needs fundamental changes especially in the field of tax regulations. In an official document handed to Miller by PRP representatives yesterday, the only relief to remain would be a zł. 4,000 tax free annual allowance. "Based on the data we have received from the Finance Ministry, our experts have calculated that the changes [proposed by PRP] would have no significant impact on the budget. With the 18% flat rate, Treasury revenues would remain at the same level," said Henryka Bochniarz, head of the Private Employers Confederation (KPP). (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) J.K.