Lawmakers debate new, interesting ways to tax

The sum has already been projected in the budgetary bill. The question remains about other tax change propositions submitted to the Sejm. A green tax on imported cars is most likely to pass on to the next round of readings. It is to replace an imported vehicles excise duty, criticized by the EU for discrimination against goods according to their origin, which is against European law. A bill on personal income tax (PIT) in 2007 is also unlikely to survive, due to the Law and Justice party's negativity towards it despite having mooted exactly the same changes in last year's Sejm election campaign. Civic Platform wants to introduce two PIT rates, 18% and 32%, in 2007, while PiS is wants to delay it until 2009. (Puls Biznesu, p.8) J.L.