Finance Ministry's list of special-interest magazines entitled to 0% VAT

The Ministry of Finance is putting finishing touches on a list of special-interest magazines entitled to a 0% VAT rate. The list being drawn up will contain 686 titles, effective beginning April 1st. The list is an attachment to a draft bill applying 22 modifications to regulations introduced by the Ministry of Finance on December 22nd, 2000. However, the new updated list of exempt magazines still does not included local press or foreign special-interest magazines. The new resolution, similar to the one in December, contains many errors, including numerous spelling mistakes in magazine titles. There are already many controversies over the draft bill and the Chamber of Press Publishers (IWP) intends to file a complaint to the Constitutional Tribunal. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B2), M.T.