Finance Ministry seeks delay to introducing new tax legislation

It is demanding they pay owed tax, even if they earlier received a favorable binding interpretation of the law from the fiscal office authorities, which is contrary to the new regulation, Rzeczpospolita learnt unofficially. The new law is due to come into force at the beginning of 2005 but the Ministry has asked the government to postpone this date. "It does not mean that the Ministry of Finance does not agree for issuing of binding interpretations. It is about winning some time to prepare new, less favorable solutions for the taxpayers," said Rzeczpospolita a source. The Ministry has not yet received permission from the government to postpone the new law's introduction. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B1) M.M.