2025-04-04 10:04
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2025-04-04 10:04
The Sejm adopted a law on Friday that would reduce the health contribution to entrepreneurs. The change is to cost PLN 4.6 billion, it will enter into force from the beginning of 2026. According to the Ministry of Finance, about 2.5 million entrepreneurs will benefit from the reform. The act argued a part of the government coalition.
213 deputies voted for the adoption of the amendment to the Act on healthcare services financed from public funds and some other laws, and 25 abstained. Now the novella will go to the Senate.
Earlier, MPs rejected the amendments submitted by the Confederation Club. They predicted that for people taxed with a lump sum on recorded revenues, an additional contribution of 3.5 percent would not be calculated. From the surplus over three times the average salary – if their salary exceeds this indicator. The application was also lost to reject the bill.
“Our government reverses the catastrophic effects of +Polish order +step by step. As for the health premium, in the first step we finished charging the health contribution from the permanent assets sold, in the second step we reduced the minimum contribution. Today we are introducing a solution on which 2.5 million Polish entrepreneurs will benefit,” Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański said before voting in the Sejm.
“I would like to declare clearly – the entire costs associated with this project will be incurred by the state budget, the National Health Fund will not incur any costs of introducing this solution,” he added.
He also turned to the “Together” MP Marcelina Zawisza, who submitted a request to reject the project in full. “Revocations for last year were fully regulated,” said Domański.
What will change?
The Act introduces a two -element basis for calculating the health premium for entrepreneurs – it will be a flat -rate to a certain level, and the surplus of income will be percentage. The flat -rate part of the premium will be 9 percent. from 75 percent minimum remuneration for work. The second part will be calculated from the surplus of income above 1.5 times the average monthly salary with entrepreneurs settling the tax scale or flat tax (4.9 % rate).
In the case of entrepreneurs settling a lump sum, the second part of the premium will be charged on a surplus of revenues above 3 times the average monthly salary (3.5 % rate). The project also assumes a reduction in the premium to 9 percent. with 75 percent minimum wage (currently there is 9 % of the minimum wage) for entrepreneurs paying tax in the form of a tax card. The Act repeals the possibility of settling the health contributions paid in income tax.
The new regulations do not change the amount of health contribution paid by employees full -time and it will still be 9 percent. There will also be no changes when it comes to the premium in the case of emetery benefits – it will continue to be 9 percent.
Changes in the health premium for entrepreneurs are to cost the state budget PLN 4.6 billion, and the provisions have been valid from the beginning of 2026 (PAP)
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