A fuel-sucking vampire in the Ministry of Finance

'First do no harm' – such is the fundamental principle of medicine. Who else should learn it by heart? Officials of the Ministry of Finance. Yet again they have cooked up a draft of a bill intended to increase income to the budget, tighten the tax collection system etc. In reality, it will be a knockout blow for a sizeable group of Polish entrepreneurs – President of Employers of Poland Andrej Malinowski writes in “Rzeczpospolita”. 
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– The Ministry has targeted lorry drivers who enter Poland through its Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian  border (that is, EU border) – or more specifically the fuel they carry. Now the limit is 600 liters, but it will be cut to 200 liters – he explains.

– The Ministry wants drivers – both Polish and foreign – to tank fuel at Polish gas stations, rather than go further West without stopping. The money they will pay for gas will finance the 500+ program – he adds. – How else could one define it other than as an attempt force consumers into a purchase? – asks Malinowski.

The article is available here.