The government has approved a tax reform bill which includes a bundle of solutions from the Polish Deal programme - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced at a press conference on Wednesday.
The project, which has now been referred for consultations, includes, among other things, increase of the basic income tax threshold up to 30,000 zlotys annually, increase of the second tax threshold (above which the PIT rate increases from 17 to 32 percent) from 85,500 to 120,000 zlotys, as well as changes in health care contributions.
Morawiecki said that 18 million citizens would benefit from the reform, and for 90 percent of Poles the change would be either beneficial or neutral.
"Taxes will be paid in Poland starting from annual income of 30,000 zlotys. Nine million of Polish employees of pensioners will cease to pay the PIT. The Polish Deal is a systemic change, as a result of which 16.5 billion zlotys will stay in the pockets of Poles," the PM said.
With regards to health care contributions, for businesses settling taxes based on the tax scale the 9-percent rate (of a taxpayer's income) will remain in place, without possibility to deduct it from the tax. The rate would change, however, for businesses settling through a uniform tax rate, lump-sum or tax card - from 9 down to 4.9 percent starting in 2022.
Morawiecki also said the new regulations would allow building houses up to 70m2 with significantly simplified paperwork necessary to get permit.
The government also adopted a draft regulation on guaranteed mortgage and paying such loans due to household expansion.
Morawiecki also announced a minimal income tax for big corporations, which do not pay the CIT in Poland, would be introduced.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, tvn24.pl