Treasury likely to receive in excess of zł.300 million from dividends

The State Treasury has until now been very careful with estimates concerning its revenues from dividends from companies in which it holds significant stakes. "It is difficult to project these revenues, but we are expecting a sum between zł.200-250 million," said Ministry representatives. However, it looks like this prognosis will be well exceeded as it has already received zł.64.7 million, a sum which excludes revenues from companies that pay the largest dividends. These include insurer PZU, which by the end of August will pay the State Treasury zł.142.7 million and Totalizator Sportowy which is to transfer to the budget around zł.140 million. It is still unknown whether last year's record high revenues from dividends will be exceeded, when they reached zł.467 million, 11.4% over projections. The State Treasury is also set to receive around zł.27 million from PKN Orlen. (Parkiet, p. 6) A.K.