Maja Chwalińska lost in the French Open final in two sets to Russian Mirra Andreeva 6:3, 6:2. By winning the semi-final, the Polish tennis player has already achieved the greatest success in her career and a huge financial reward. She has already earned EUR 1.4 million (PLN 5.9-6 million) gross on the courts in Paris. This means that PLN 770,000 will be transferred to her account. euro, i.e. approximately PLN 3.2–3.3 million. In France, the tax on sports winnings is 45%.
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Domański will talk to the French minister
In the first round in Paris, the Pole won against the Chinese Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng 6:4, 6:0, and then in the same ratio against the 23rd seeded Belgian Elise Mertens. In the 3rd round, she defeated the Greek Maria Sakkari 1:6, 6:3, 6:2, and then the French Diane Parry 6:3, 6:2 and the Russian Anna Kalinskaya (22nd) 7:6 (7-3), 6:3.
— There is an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation between Poland and France, said Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański on TVN24. He added that it is clearly stated in the regulations that income is taxed in the country where it was generated.
“In this case, the income was generated in Paris and will be taxed in France,” he explained.
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— We'll see each other soon, I'll bring it up. However, the French tax office, like the Polish one, tries to have rules – he said when asked whether if he talked to the French Minister of Finance about the hardship Maja Chwalińska went through, he “maybe he would soften up”.
— I doubt we'll get anything, but I'll raise the issue. If the French tennis player won any tournament in Poland, the income would go to the Polish budget, he emphasized.
