Goodbye vignettes, hello more taxes; Capital gains tax; ZUS via Internet

The government, after having abandoned its idea of raisng money for road construction from vignettes is now thinking of charging an additional 5gr excise per liter of petrol. (Rzeczpospolita, March 27) ... In another attempt to finance the construction of the road infrastructure, the Finance Ministry wants to introduce a registration fee to be paid every year by all car owners. (Parkiet, March 26) ... The Finance Ministry wants the planned capital gains tax to be 20%. (Puls Biznesu, March 26) ... As of April, all taxpayers who pay premiums for more than five people but less than 21 people have to send all their insurance documents to ZUS via Internet (Rzeczpospolita, March 25). (Tax News is based on PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Department web service, www.taxonline.pl) J.K.