Poland – 23% VAT rate for selected non-alcoholic and energy drinks

The Polish government has approved a draft amendment to the VAT Act that would remove the reduced VAT treatment on juice containing non-alcoholic beverages that fall within specified categories and replace it with the standard rate of 23%. This would include:

– non-alcoholic beer
– beverages with more than 0.0% alcohol,
– 0.0% non-alcoholic beer,
– beverages with added caffeine or taurine.