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> Surveys say 21% of citizens claim "they don't pay any taxes", while gross and net pays are different by 30-40%. I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but d

> Surveys say 21% of citizens claim "they don't pay any taxes", while gross and net pays are different by 30-40%. I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but depending on the wording of the question, people might assume they're talking about income tax, and 21% not paying income tax isn't really far fetched at all, depending on Poland's tax laws - IIRC here in Canada about a third of people who filed tax returns didn't pay a single cent.

szszrk 6y ago
Income tax is one thing, VAT is another, other taxes exist as well. We will have a rainfall tax introduced this year... It depends on how much area of your land is covered by buildings, sidewalks and so on. Minimum wage here was recently increased to 7000 Euro a year (2800 PLN a month, gross, around 2100 PLN of actual cash in your wallet). Personal allowance/tax allowance here depends on your income, for minimum wage of 32000 PLN gross a year you will have exactly 525 PLN returned. Or not paid, to be precise. With higher income, tax allowance gets smaller. My flat rent plus upkeep is around 3000 PLN a month (capital, suburbs, almost 60 square meters), half of that in a small city. Big Mac is 18 PLN, coke 330ml (small can) in large store chain is 2,50 PLN or more (recent "sugar tax"). Trash pickup fees just went up from 18, to 60, to amount calculated based on water usage (around 120PLN in my case, two people in flat). So that 525 saved ain't much. I can't even keep up with new taxes my government creates, but we still have 21% of people saying they pay no taxes at all. That's not wording. "at all".