Poland still considering retail tax form

Chairman of the Government Standing Committee, Henryk Kowalczyk told private broadcaster Radio Zet that Poland is still mulling over two versions of its retail tax - a flat rate and a progressive tax. If the latter option is adopted, it will be capped at two percent. In the flat rate variant, Poland will have high tax-exempt amount of more than PLN 18 million, thus small stores will be "virtually" exempt from the tax. Kowalczyk also said that the hourly minimum wage of PLN 12 may be imposed as of July 1.