Videowall fined for miscalculating customs duty and VAT

Outdoor-advertising company Videowall has failed to pay an estimated zl. 1 million in customs duty and value-added tax (VAT) on its Alfresco video screens imported from the Netherlands, because it incorrectly interpreted which custom's category the screens came under. Customs duty on electronic equipment which processes data is 6%, while for screens displaying data it is 26%. The General Customs Inspectorate (GIC) has ordered Videowall to pay the correct rate of tax for all the screens it has imported in the past. Videowall Polska vice-president Zbigniew Bokun says the company paid the amount that was requested of them by customs officials and if it had known of the other tax rate, perhaps it would not have imported the screens. (Rzeczpospolita, page B3). S.M.