What’s next with the so-called digital tax? Krzysztof Gawkowski, Minister of Digital Affairs, publicly admitted today that the government intends to introduce it. On the eve of the visit of the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, to Washington, the Left politician stated that… even potential protests from the American authorities will not change this decision.
A few months ago, the Left announced the “great success” of their own Minister of Digital Affairs – Krzysztof Gawkowski. It was about the digital tax.
“There will be a tax for digital giants! Big techs, which for years have been reaping enormous profits from the data and work of Polish users, will finally pay fair taxes! Thanks to this change, billions that until now were flowing abroad will stay in Poland,” we read on Monday on platform X.
Interestingly, but unsurprisingly – this tax is being eagerly promoted by representatives of the European Union (EU). According to the EU Commissioner for Trade, Maroš Šefčovič, the European market accounts for up to 40 percent of the revenues of some American giants. At that time, the idea met with strong criticism from Tom Rose, newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Poland.
“It will be introduced”
Although the idea had gone quiet for a while, today, on the eve of Karol Nawrocki’s visit to Washington, Krzysztof Gawkowski raised the topic again.
On RMF FM, the Left politician stated that so far he had not discussed this issue with the Chancellery of the President of Poland.
“The digital tax will be introduced by law at the end of this year. I believe that right now this is not a topic for the agenda of a meeting with the President of the United States. When voices come from the administration asking whether we can work on this, I always respond that Poland will work on it, because Poland itself writes the law in Poland,” he said.
When pressed on whether, in that case, Poland is heading for a clash with the American administration, he replied: “We are moving towards the reasonable development of laws that are meant to ensure greater resources for innovation and technology in the state budget. He pointed out that the law will be created on partnership terms.”