Poland waits to implement the flat tax
April 21st, 2008 by Brendan SteinhauserPolish Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski says in an interview that he supports the flat tax, but that Poland will wait until after 2009 to implement it.
The Minister told the newspaper that he is in favour of the introduction of a flat tax, but no sooner than when this is safe for the budget and for the economy. According to Rostowski, Poland won’t be ready for the flat tax in 2009, as tax law reform is planned for that year.
Poland should follow the lead of other Eastern European countries that have wisely passed a flat tax, like Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia. Tax competition is taking place in that region, and Poland should join the flat tax revolution as soon as possible.
