Finance Minister to take Kluska to the Supreme Court?

Despite the favorable resolution of the Supreme Administration Court (NSA), Roman Kluska, the former president of computer producer Optimus, cannot think of himself as the ultimate winner in the argument with the tax authorities. The Finance Ministry is considering appealing against the decision in the Supreme Court (SN), while Kluska feels, "chicaned by a criminal organization, served by the prosecutor and tax authorities". Since the NSA found that Optimus was not guilty of illegally avoiding paying VAT of zł. 8.4 million by exporting and reimporting back computer hardware, only the Finance Minister is entitled to appeal to the Supreme Court. "It would be desirable for the tax authorities and the prosecutor's office to have the SN consider the issue. The NSA's resolution is contrary to the judgments that have been made in similar cases and may endanger several lawsuits regarding taxes. This would mean significant loss for the state budget," said prosecutor Wojciech Miłoszewski. "We should not forget that a verdict of NSA does not automatically affect the prosecutor's case," maintains Ryszard Rychlik, responsible for investigating organized crime in the Prosecutor's Office, adding that the decision whether to annul the proceedings will be taken soon. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 2, 4, 5) M.K.