PM: Tax on retailers will help Polish companies
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The aim of a tax on large retailers is to give small Polish shops a chance to compete with the large ones, said Prime Minister Beata Szydło on Friday at a meeting with retailers.
"We want to tell Polish family businesses that we are giving a tool, which, if used skilfully, will give them a chance to compete and stay on the market," Beata Szydło said.
The Prime Minister also said that "it's not a secret that the tax will increase budget revenues" so that the government can go on with "important social programs, which are extremely necessary in Poland."
In November, the ruling party tabled a proposal to levy a tax amounting to two percent of turnover, which would be paid by every store, whose floor space exceeds 250 sqm, excluding entities trading gas, oil and fuel.
