Kołodko may propose 10% income tax for farmers

Finance Minister Grzegorz Kołodko said yesterday that his ministry might consider proposing to the government the introduction of a 10% income tax for farmers. "Such a figure arises from our calculations, but our calc ulations will continue, as no decision will be final until accepted by the Cabinet," Kołodko told reporters. He added that the whole program of r estructuring public finances would be sent to ministers at the end of the month and there were also some legal issues concerning the proposed tax. However, he hoped that the first phase of the tax's introduction would be neutral and not increase the burden on rural ares. Prime Minister Leszek Miller announced that the government would analyze the program in mid-May. (www.onet.pl) M.M.