15/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - The Polish system that sanctions mistakes made in VAT declarations, does not consist of a double tax whammy incompatible with Community law. The European Court of Justice reached this conclusion in its ruling of 15 January (C-502/07). Polish law imposes fines in the event of overvalued demands for VAT rebates, and fines correspond to 30% of the over-evaluation. The Court recognises that the fine should be a percentage of the given amount but do not display...