Hastily prepared VAT bill may prove disastrous for business and the government

According to the organization's representative, Tomasz Uchman, the bill is being introduced far too late, which is resulting in a rush to prepare it and institutions responsible for shaping the bill are overlooking obvious mistakes. "The main problems are wrongly formulated definitions of in what way and at what rate VAT has to be paid," claims Uchman. He added that the bill, which should adjust Polish regulations to EU ones, is 40% "home made". Some of the proposed solutions, such as imposing VAT on tourism, may result in industry representatives taking the government to the European Justice Tribunal. (Parkiet, p. 9) M.M.