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Article: Poland presses for VAT-free internet access throughout EU.
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- Poland Business News
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- October 7, 2003
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Poland presses for VAT-free internet access throughout EU
Warsaw. October 7. INTERFAX-EUROPE - Poland gave its internet access problems an international flare and began pressing for a lifting of EU rules mandating standard VAT tax rates on internet access for the entire union.
Minister of Finance Andrzej Raczko moved for such a VAT exemption during an ECOFIN meeting in Luxembourg Tuesday, Poland's Finance Ministry informed.
Poland currently lays a preferential 7% VAT rate on internet access services, but would be forced by EU regulations to increase that to the country's standard level of 22% when Poland joins the community in May 2004. That ...