WARSAW, March 26 (Reuters) - Poland might cut its VAT on

fuel to lower prices at the petrol pump, the country's finance

minister said on Thursday, adding that a windfall tax on excess

profits at oil companies had not been ruled out.

Countries across Europe have been scrambling to mitigate the

impact of the war in the Middle East on fuel costs and regional

peers like Romania and Hungary have already moved to cap prices.

"The government is working to lower prices at petrol

stations," he said. "Reducing VAT is one of the solutions being

analysed in detail; it is a likely solution."

Asked whether the government was planning a windfall tax for

oil companies, Domanski said that work on such a law was not

currently underway, but it was a possibility if an analysis

showed that some companies had high profits due to current

market conditions.

"We are not ruling out a tax on excess profits," he said.