Switching to digital

The June meeting, which was led by Ewa Andrzejewska, the editor-in-chief of ‘Eurobuild Central & Eastern Europe’ at the Regent Hotel in Warsaw, started with a discussion between experts on the impact of the retail sales tax on the retail and logistics market. The panellists included Piotr Szfarz of Dentons (the moderator), Maria Andrzej Faliński of the Polish Trade and Distribution Organisation and Aleksy Miarkowski of the Centre of Analysis of the Jagiellonian Club, agreed that the introduction of such a burden is controversial and raises many questions, such as over the equal treatment of all business entities. Even though the exchange of opinions came thick and fast, there was the recurring issue of whether there was anything concrete to discuss since this governmental proposal has recently been absent in politicians’ statements, leaving the fate of the tax open to question. However, such confusion does not create favourable conditions for business development