The Rate of the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the European Union and in Poland

Abstract

This article describes the size of rates of the VAT and its differentiation in countries of the European Union. It introduces the way that the European Union has passed, to work out common, general rules referring to the VAT, which are obligatory to all the countries of the European Union. It also shows how many changes, above all enlargement of the rates on individual products and services awaits Poland in the frames of accession to the European Union. From the article it follows that in Poland, after its accession to the European Union, some of the highest rates of the VAT in the whole Union will be obligatory.