“We have an agreement with the Minister of Finance regarding the reform of the contribution. New “The budget means specific benefits for Polish entrepreneurs and guarantees for the healthcare system,” announced Poland 2050 on Wednesday, August 28. It was explained that the agreement assumes PLN 4 billion in full compensation for the healthcare budget in 2025, the elimination of the contribution from the purchase of fixed assets and a reduction in the healthcare contribution.
Health insurance premium to be changed. Coalition partners disagree on how to implement the reform
One of the flagship election promises was the simplification and reduction of the health insurance contribution. However, the coalition partners have different concepts regarding the reform. A few days ago, the Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański said that the government may waive the collection of the health insurance contribution from the sale of fixed assets. He emphasized that the project of changes in the health insurance contribution would benefit 93% of Polish entrepreneurs.
However, Poland 2050 wants the changes in the contribution amount to apply to everyone, not just entrepreneurs. Politicians this party want the contribution to depend on the amount of income. They proposed three thresholds. For incomes up to PLN 85,000, it would be 4 percent of the average salaries in the corporate sector in the third quarter of the previous year. With revenues ranging from 85 to 300 thousand PLN the rate would increase to 7 percent, and for more than 300 thousand PLN – to 9.4 percent.
The Left is calling for the elimination of the health insurance contribution and replacing it with a health tax of 9%. The tax would also cover CIT payers (i.e. companies) and entrepreneurs applying lower contributions (line payers have a rate of 4.9%, flat-rate payers have three rates depending on revenue). In turn, the PSL has proposed a return to the principles that were in force before the Polish Deal, i.e. a 9% contribution with the possibility of deducting a larger part of it from tax.
The Polish Deal has changed the rules for calculating health insurance contributions
As part of the Polish Deal, the method of calculating health insurance contributions was changed from a flat-rate one to one based on income (in the case of general rules or flat tax; three thresholds were introduced for the flat-rate tax). Additionally, for everyone (not just the self-employed), the possibility of deducting most of the health insurance contribution from tax was eliminated.