PM: First retail tax was a "mistake"

Prime Minister Beata Szydło has admitted that there were some significant flaws in the first version of her government's retail tax bill, as it turned out to overly penalize domestic Polish retailers instead of focusing on foreign multinational companies, which was the stated aim of the measure. At a Friday press conference, Szydło said that the public appeals of Polish businesses and retail organizations prompted the lawmakers to take a second look at the bill and tweak it. According to Szydło, the adjusted version will contain "a higher tax exemption amount, which would exclude Polish businesses." She added that the new version "is being finalized" and will be shown in the Sejm some time in the next week.