The government introduces 0% VAT. for food. This could be one of Mateusz Morawiecki’s last decisions as Prime Minister.
On November 20, PiS MPs submitted to the Sejm a draft amendment to the Goods and Services Tax Law, which envisages an extension of zero VAT on food from January 1 to the end of June 2024. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Mateusz asked Morawiecki the Chairman of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, on the Platform
Then he decided to sign the regulation on zero VAT on food himself. The head of government announced that this would happen on Friday or Saturday. The Prime Minister stated that “the responsible PiS government is working from the first to the last day of its mission, and the Poles will not pay for the show staged in the Sejm.”
On Saturday, Morawiecki provided new information via social media.
“At my request, the Minister of Finance has just signed the 0% VAT scheme on food. This means savings on purchases for millions of Polish families. This is what an effective and ambitious policy looks like,” Morawiecki wrote on the X website.
The zero VAT rate on food was introduced on February 1, 2022, as part of one of the anti-inflation shields designed to protect society from increased inflation.
“All I want for Christmas are laws”
On Platform X on Wednesday, the Prime Minister asked the Chairman of the Sejm to consider the laws drafted by Law and Justice. “Maybe Marshal Szymon Hołownia and the new Sejm would give Polish families a Christmas present?” – asked Prime Minister Morawiecki.
“The prompt is played on every radio. All I want for Christmas is U…stawy,” Morawiecki wrote, referencing Mariah Carrey’s famous Christmas song.
The recording also quoted KO MP Andrzej Domański’s statement: – I believe that VAT should return to 5%. – said in November on Radio Zet Domański, who, according to media reports, will become Minister of Finance in the government of Donald Tusk.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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