Lift tax-free amount from 30 to 60 thousand PLN is one of the flagship election promises of the Civic Platform. A two-fold increase would mean a radical reduction in personal income tax. RMF FM claims that “the idea will not be implemented, however, because there is no money for it.”
Tax-free amount up to PLN 60,000. An idea abandoned by the government?
A few months ago, the Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański claimed that the promise to increase the tax-free amount to PLN 60,000. zloty will be implemented “by the end of the term”. – The Prime Minister obliged me to present a plan on how to reach this amount and, of course, I will present such a plan to the Prime Minister – he said. At the beginning of the year, the minister claimed that “there are several options on the table.” – 60 thousand it will be delivered, colloquially speaking, but we have to plan it well, because the second time will be a repeat of Polish We can't afford order – Andrzej Domański reported. Meanwhile, RMF FM argues that the idea has been “abandoned by the government” and there is “several evidence” of this.
Alarming debt level – 60%. GDP
On Tuesday, the government adopted the “Medium-term budgetary and structural plan for 2025-2028” and it “clearly shows that, unfortunately, Poland's debt will exceed 60 percent of GDP by 2028. This is an alarmist level, requiring belt tightening. And this is a priority” – we read on the RMF FM website. Therefore, there is no room in the strategy to spend another PLN 50 billion to increase the tax-free amount to PLN 60,000. zloty. Moreover, the budget plan until 2028 does not assume such an increase at all. When asked about this topic, ministers firmly declare: “We are not withdrawing from any increase.”
Let us recall that Donald Tusk claimed that he intended to increase the tax-free amount, but he could not do it in 2024 due to the rule regarding no changes to tax regulations during the financial year. These arguments Piotr Kuczyński scored in “Studio Biznes”.Xelion analyst. – Can be changed, can always be changed to the benefit of the taxpayer, at any time. Simply prime minister I don't want to overextend myself budgetI don't want to put Poland in too much debt – said the expert.