Further tax and VAT reform to face a continued uphill struggle

These ideas are supported only by the Civic Platform (PO), which currently leads in the polls and is likely to play a role in the new government following next year's elections. Other parties are against unification of the rate VAT rates, which would imply raising of the VAT rate on food products, which they believe would hit the poorest the most. Apart from the PO, no party is enthusiastic about introducing flat rate personal income tax, which is not surprising considering that all parties, except for PO, have just voted to approve a new 50% PIT rate for the highest earners. The Polish Families League (LPR) would like to see both VAT and PIT rates reduced. The LPR also wants to put a stop to current practices in which no taxes are flowing into the budget from intermediaries in imports of gas from Russia. (Puls Biznesu, p. 14) T.J.