A spokesman for Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurs called on the Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy to ask the local tax authorities for a favourable approach to applications submitted by micro-entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized entrepreneurs for tax credits consisting in instalments and redemption of outstanding liabilities in property tax. According to the Ombudsman's assessment, reductions in the payment of outstanding public liabilities should be granted to entrepreneurs as far as possible, without unnecessary formalities and excessive rigorism.
In response, the Minister of Finance informed the Ombudsman that he had sent a letter to the Presidents of the Regional Chambers of Auditors regarding the application of tax relief by local authorities to entrepreneurs in financial difficulties due to the pandemic.
It should be pointed out here that regional accounting chambers supervise and control local government units, among others, in the field of financial management. In this letter, the Minister of Finance provided the Presidents of the Regional Chambers with updated information on available instruments of property tax support and fair fee.
He indicated that the amendment of 9 December 2020 Act on Special Solutions for Prevention, Prevention and Combating COVID-19, Whereas other infectious diseases and the resulting crisis situations were extended the possibility for municipalities to apply property tax preferences consisting in the possibility of introducing exemptions and of extending the deadlines for payment of the property tax instalments.
At the same time, the collection of the fair fee in 2021 Furthermore, the Minister of Finance informed the Presidents of the Regional Chambers of Auditors of the possibility of granting individual reductions, at the request of the entrepreneur, in the form of a postponement of the time limit for payment of the tax or a distribution of the payment of the tax (payment of the tax arrears together with interest on late payment) into instalments and remission of the tax arrears.
At the same time, he requested that this information be disseminated to the municipalities.
The SME spokesperson strongly hopes that the actions taken by the Minister of Finance will result in rapid and effective assistance by municipalities to SMEs in the area of property tax.