Poland to file complaint against Commission tax ruling
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The Polish government is preparing to file a complaint against the European Commission regarding its suspension of the new retail tax, Prime Minister Beata Szydło confirmed.
Szydło said that the complaint to the European Court of Justice will contain arguments in favor of the new tax. The Polish side maintains that similar solutions are in force in several EU countries. The authors of the complaint disagree with the opinion that the retail tax violates Commission regulations.
The Commission suspended the implementation of the tax due to its fear that the progressive rates give lower-income enterprises an advantage over their competitors in breach of EU state aid rules. The law introduced two tax rates on retail trade: 0.8 percent on monthly incomes from PLN 17 million to 170 million and 1.4 percent on monthly incomes above PLN 170 million.
