Poland will cut VAT on petrol and diesel from 23% to 8% from Saturday, 3 October, while also reducing excise duty in the latest stage of the government’s fuel-price intervention. Ministers say the measures could lower petrol by around PLN 1.20 per litre and diesel by around PLN 1.30, although the eventual pump-price effect will also depend on wholesale market movements.
The government’s Legislation Centre confirmed on Friday that two implementing regulations had been published in Poland’s Journal of Laws: position 1288 covering VAT and position 1289 covering excise duty. The reduced rates apply from 3 October until 31 December 2026.
Under the VAT regulation, the 8% rate applies to specified motor petrol, diesel and qualifying standalone biocomponents, including domestic supplies, imports and intra-EU acquisitions. LPG is not included among the fuels listed for the reduced rate.
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Excise duty on petrol falls from PLN 1,529 to PLN 1,239 per 1,000 litres, a reduction equivalent to PLN 0.29 per litre. Diesel excise falls from PLN 1,160 to PLN 880 per 1,000 litres, or PLN 0.28 per litre. Qualifying standalone biocomponents will also carry an excise rate of PLN 880 per 1,000 litres.
The two regulations do not themselves reduce the fuel charge or introduce a tax cut for LPG; their tax changes are confined to the specified petrol, diesel and biocomponent categories.
How much could drivers save?
Energy Minister Miłosz Motyka said the government currently expects petrol prices to fall by approximately PLN 1.20 per litre and diesel by around PLN 1.30 per litre. He stressed that wholesale fuel prices will also affect what motorists ultimately see at filling stations.
On that assumption, a 50-litre fill-up would cost around PLN 60 less for petrol and PLN 65 less for diesel. For a 40-litre tank, the equivalent savings would be around PLN 48 and PLN 52 respectively; for 60 litres, around PLN 72 and PLN 78.
The latest nationwide e-petrol survey, conducted on 30 September before the new cuts, put average Pb95 petrol at PLN 8.19 per litre and diesel at PLN 9.14. If the government’s estimated reductions were passed through in full from those levels, that would imply roughly PLN 6.99 for petrol and PLN 7.84 for diesel. Those figures are illustrative rather than guaranteed national prices.
Finance and Economy Minister Andrzej Domański has said lower prices should begin appearing on filling-station price boards during the weekend. The precise timing may vary between operators as existing stocks, wholesale prices and individual pricing decisions work through the market.
Latest stage of the CPN fuel programme
The tax cuts form part of the government’s Ceny Paliwa Niżej, or CPN, programme. Poland previously introduced temporary cuts to fuel VAT and excise earlier in 2026 in response to sharply rising oil and fuel prices, later extending them several times before those measures expired.
The latest round follows President Karol Nawrocki’s signature of legislation imposing a windfall tax on extraordinary profits in the fuel sector. The president has said he will also refer that law to the Constitutional Tribunal for post-enactment review, but that referral does not itself suspend the law. The new excise regulation cites the windfall-tax legislation as its statutory basis.
The government has presented the windfall tax and fuel-price programme as connected measures, with revenue from the former intended to help finance the wider intervention. However, lower tax rates do not guarantee that every station will cut its displayed price by exactly the government’s PLN 1.20–1.30 estimate.
The first clear evidence of how much of the tax cut reaches motorists should emerge over the weekend as stations begin adjusting their prices.
