New ! Tax News Round-Up: PIT; Taxes on earnings in the U.S.;Tobacco tax

Under the amended Personal Income Tax which took effect on January 1, no ch anges concerning the advanced payment to personal income tax have been intr oduced. (Gazeta Prawna, March 13) ... Poles who in 2002 were temporarily in the U.S. remain Polish taxpayers. This means that any income they earned in the U.S. last year is liable to U.S. taxation, but must also be stated in t heir annual tax return in Poland. (Rzeczpospolita, March 13) ...The Finance Ministry will hold talks with tobacco sector representatives concerning exc ise duty on cigarettes. The current regulations are forcing the price of ch eap cigarettes to grow too fast. (Puls Biznesu, March 12) (Tax News is based on PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Department web service, www.taxonline.pl) J.K.