Tax Freedom Day: Poland belongs to the EU countries with … – Business portal wnp.pl

From now on, we work on ourselves, not on taxes. This results from the calculations of experts of the Center. Adam Smith. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls three days earlier than in 2014 and up to 20 days sooner than 21 years ago.

As remarked the visitors’ Puls economy “, it shows how quickly changes the relationship of our earnings to the levies imposed on behalf of the state, which already are low, says Dr. Marcin Piatkowski, a senior economist at the World Bank branch in Warsaw.

– Poland belongs to the European Union countries with the lowest taxes. We pay 32 percent. GDP, which places us among such countries as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. What is important, you can not look at taxes individually. In Poland, very often we talk only about the PIT, only the amount of tax-free, but the VAT. This is a very wrong approach. At the taxes you have to look as a whole, through the prism of VAT, excise tax, PIT, CIT and also property tax, which in Poland virtually no pay. We pay 100 – 200 zł annually for our homes, which is unthinkable in the West, where we paid 10 – 20 times more – says Marcin Piatkowski.

On the other hand, as she added Dr. Margaret Starczewska-Krzysztoszek, chief economist of the Confederation Lewiatan regardless of what level they are taxes, people will always complain that they are too high.

– The question of whether taxes are adequate and whether the remuneration is adequate. I think that signal what Poles think about it, it was given in the last election and will be given once again. They always do. Even in the richest countries as we asked people whether it considers that earns a lot and enough, an absolute majority, if not 100 per cent., Responds that no, and that taxes are too high and should be lowered – says Małgorzata Starczewska-Krzysztoszek.

added Adam Ruciński, president of consulting firm BTFG, the problem is not the amount of taxes and whether they are effectively spent.

– If taxpayers can see that pay high tax, but it is well used and we see the effects, quite different approach to paying taxes. Does Tax Freedom Day will be due on March 1, which is quickly whether, for example. At the end of August, is a matter of relative. Even if it will be later, but the taxes that we pay are very well used and serve us and to society, then we are willing to pay those taxes and not bypass it – says Adam Ruciński.
Centre them. Adam Smith calculates Tax Freedom Day since 1994.