The funeral allowance will increase from 4 to 7 thousand. zloty – The Senate of the Republic of Poland decided on Wednesday, accepting according to the opinion of the Senate Commission without corrections what the Sejm adopted on Friday, May 9. The date of consideration of the Act by the Senate expired on June 8, 2025, so the decision was made at an express pace.
The payment has not been valorisable since 2011 and the relatives of the dead had to be more and more lectured from their own funds. In large cities, funeral costs rarely go below 8,000. PLN, and usually a level of 10,000 zloty.
The benefit of paying for the funeral will be influenced not only by the increase itself, but also that according to the amendment The allowance will be subject to valorisation from March 1 in a situation where inflation exceeds 5 percent. in the previous year. However, this does not mean annual valorisation and it will not happen in the next two years, because in 2025, according to forecasts, inflation is to be about 4 percent, and in 2026 below 3 percent. Such a mechanism is to prevent the price of funeral services.
Cost for the budget to increase the funeral allowance It is expected to amount to PLN 1.2 billion in 2026. That's how much loved ones will save the dead.
The amendment also regulates the principle of accounting for the so -called targeted allowance. He can also be granted to a person who covered the costs of the funeral, even if the deceased is not entitled to a funeral allowance. The targeted allowance will also be granted if the person who covered the costs of the funeral is entitled to the funeral allowance and incurred extraordinary costs in connection with the funeral, difficult to predict and impossible to cover from the funeral allowance. This is, for example, bringing a corpse from abroad.
