Tax News: Cheaper cars and alcohol?; Renovation costs; VAT-R via Internet?

Pursuant to EU accession, duty on cars imported from non-EU countries are likely to be eventually lowered. (Gazeta Prawna, March 19) ... Finance Minister Grzegorz Kolodko admitted lowering of excise duty on alcohol can be expected shortly. (Gazeta Prawna, March 19) ... Those with lease/rent contracts are entitled to deduce their cost of renovation from their tax returns, the Finance Ministry informs on its official website (Gazeta Prawna, March 18) ... It is possible that soon most companies will have the right to settle their VAT accounts with the tax office via the Internet (Parkiet, March 19) (Tax News is based on PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax Department web service, www.taxonline.pl) J.K.