Minister of finance: we want Airbnb to pay taxes in Poland

Finance Minister Tadeusz Kościński said in an interview published in Monday's Financial Times daily that he wanted the American Airbnb service to pay taxes on the income obtained in Poland. He explained that he wants all landlords to pay taxes through websites such as Airbnb, which would allow an estimate of how much such companies earn when doing business in Poland.

"FT" recalls that the issue of taxing digital businesses, which often have their registered office or legal personality in one country but conduct cross-border activities, is becoming an increasingly controversial topic on both sides of the Atlantic. After last year's efforts to agree on a common EU approach, France presented plans for its own digital tax, causing a sharp dispute with the US that threatened retaliation tariffs on goods such as champagne.

(PAP)