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2025-05-19 15:10
At the finish of the election campaign, the topic of increasing the tax -free amount to 60,000 returns. zloty. Such a change would mean a complete dismissal from PIT for full -time employees earning about PLN 6,100 gross per month, pensioners and some entrepreneurs. Rafał Trzaskowski clearly declared that he wanted to be “a guarantee of introducing this reform.”
– Rafał Trzaskowski yesterday announced being a guardian of a new tax -free amount. Announcement regarding raising tax -free amount to 60,000 PLN is a proposal that would certainly be widely heard in the wallets of millions of Poles. Such a level of free amount would mean that full -time people earning about PLN 6,100 a month gross would not pay income tax at all – lists Piotr Juszczyk, the main tax advisor of Infakt.
PLN 7,200 will stay in the taxpayer's pocket
In practice Increasing the free amount from 30,000 PLN up to 60 thousand PLN means that the income to this limit will not be taxed. Thus, PLN 3,600 will be in the taxpayers' pocket more than before (assuming that the taxpayer earns an annual income of at least PLN 60,000). To sum up, it will translate into a total of income tax in the amount of PLN 7,200 (12 percent x 60,000 PLN).
As the tax advisor notes, from the point of view of the tax system it is a movement that would significantly increase tax progression – The richer would pay relatively more, and people with lower income would be completely exempt from PIT.
A double increase in income tax will also affect pensioners whose annual benefits exceed 30,000. PLN (about PLN 2,500 per month).
Higher tax amount also for entrepreneurs
Increasing the tax -free amount is also benefit for natural persons conducting business activity and settling according to the tax scale. Entrepreneurs in this group will benefit from a free sum of 60,000. PLN per year, which translates into income tax lower by PLN 7,200 per year.
Who will finance changes in taxes?
On the other hand, Piotr Juszczyk pays attention to serious defects in the state budget incomewhich will require equalization. So the question arises: how will double the tax -free amount affect public finances and will not entail restrictions on tax breaks or other fiscal privileges?
The finance minister emphasizes that work is underway on a gradual increase in tax -free amount. At the moment we don't know any more details. At the beginning of the year, Deputy Minister of Finance Jarosław Neneman pointed out, answering the questions of MPs that kThe lade of introducing this tax reform is about PLN 56 billion.
