Finance Ministry seeks greater funding in 2008 budget

"We will be verifying the assumptions for the next year's budget, the deficit will again be planned at zł.30 billion," said Deputy Finance Minister Elżbieta Suchocka-Roguska. "We will also consider changes in the state expenditures," she added. It was also revealed that the revenues of local governments will shrink by a total of zł.3 billion due to the tax relief. "I do not think that they will withdraw from investments that are co-financed by funds from the European Union, however those where the money will come only from their own pockets can be questioned," said Suchocka-Roguska. The introduced tax relief will mean that 10 million Poles will not pay any taxes at all, while the state and local government budgets will shrink by a total of zł.7.1 billion.