KIE warns the Senate against endorsing VAT bill as it breaches EU-law

The European Integration Committee (KIE) has asked the Senate not to consider either the zero- or 3%-value-added-tax (VAT) proposals for agricultural products, as they would both breach European Union (EU) regulations. The Senate is currently debating an amendment to the draft VAT-bill. KIE has requested the Sejm speaker Marciej Plazynski to consider a 5%-VAT, so as to be in line with the EU. The government had proposed a 3% VAT-rate, but it failed to be passed by the Sejm. The majority of Sejm deputies backed the zero-VAT rate proposed by the Sejm Agriculture and Rural Development Commission. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 1) S.M.