PM wants investigation of tax law delay

Poland's new prime minister Ewa Kopacz has called for an investigation of organs responsible for the delay in publication of the new tax law concerning multinational enterprises. The law was to establish controlled foreign company (CFC) provisions which are to go into effect by 2016 and to set capitalization rules that would be in effect by January 2015. The delay may be crucial to the implementation of the provisions due to take effect in January, which may cost the Ministry of Finance PLN 3 billion in revenue. Polish Radio reported that the Government Legislation Centre along with the Ministry of Finance should be brought to account for the delay. Civic Platform (PO) deputies are trying to shorten the vacatio legis of tax laws in order to remedy the situation. Maciej Berek, the president of the Government Legislation Centre, the organ responsible for law publication, has drafted a request for the Central Anticorruption Bureau to investigate the appropriateness of his institution's procedures regarding the matter. The prosecutor's office is also checking to see if a full investigation will be necessary.