Government begins to tackle e-taxation system with major conference

Officials will meet on April 20 at the Ministry to discuss the service, which is expected to take until 2012 to fully develop and implement. It will consist of several phases, with the first one starting in 2006 providing the Ministry manages to obtain the necessary EUR 50 million grant from EU structural funds. In the first stage e-declarations will be accessible to companies, which would enable them sending CIT, PIT and VAT documents and receive NIP numbers via computer. Specialists from the IT sector, like Paweł Prokop deputy president of Comarch, claim the meeting is a great initiative and will draw many companies who might like to take part in the tender or would like to use the system. After companies' e-tax declarations have been addressed the system will be tailored to meet the needs of individuals. The first tender in the project will probably be opened this fall. (Puls Biznesu pp.1,8) M.G.