No plans to introduce new tax for largest stores – Müller

“There are no plans to introduce a new tax for the largest stores,” government spokesman Piotr Müller said on Wednesday referring to the Tuesday statements by the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology regarding plans to impose so-called congestion tax on large-scale stores in cities.

“Yesterday’s statement by Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz was just part of discussions that are rather taking place in the back office of the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology… There are no plans at the moment regarding the introduction of this tax. Indeed, there is a discussion about the trade tax, but we are talking about large-format stores and about the legal limbo resulting from the ongoing dispute before the Court of Justice of the EU. We believe that such a tax should be possible [to introduce],” Müller added.

(PAP)