- No changes to VAT rates are planned for 2026; rates will remain the same as in previous years.
- The main VAT rates in 2026 will be: 23% (standard), 8% (reduced for certain goods/services), 5% (further reduced for specific items), and 0% (preferential for intra-community and export transactions).
- Examples of 8% VAT: coffee, tea, sugar products, live animals, shoe and bike repairs, hairdressing services.
- Examples of 5% VAT: edible meat and offal, certain fish and seafood, cereals, menstrual cups, sanitary pads, tampons.
- No return to pre-2011 VAT rates (22% and 7%) is planned.
Source: podatki.gazetaprawna.pl
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