Poland signs double taxation agreement with UK

As of the beginning of 2007 Poles will not have to pay double taxes on income earned in Great Britain, which has been a disturbing issue for Poles working in that country. On Tuesday Poland will sign a new bilateral agreement on this issue, which will exempt persons earning money only in Great Britain from the obligation to pay taxes in Poland. The actual result of the change in law will be felt as early in 2008, as it will concern income achieved in 2007. An unsettled issue still remains the general exemption for thousand of Poles who worked in Great Britain and did not settle their accounts with the Polish fiscal office for 2005. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A2) M.M.