On Wednesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced changes in the composition of the government, and on the next day president Andrzej Duda appointed fresh ministers. The management of the recently created Ministry of Finance and Economy was assumed by Andrzej Domański, who previously served as Minister of Finance. In the evening, he appeared as a guest on TVP Info.
He was asked about the destiny of the Citizen Coalition's electoral promise to rise the tax-free amount, which presently amounts to PLN 30 thousand. President-elect Karol Nawrocki has already announced a bill on this matter. Domański assured that all electoral commitments step by step will be implemented, stressing that the issue of the free amount will besides be implemented by the government. He besides added that erstwhile the President-elect presented the bill, We'll see what's written, what's the origin of backing in it..
One of the main points of the Citizens' Coalition electoral program, entitled 100 specifics for the first 100 days, there was a proposal to increase the amount of tax-free PIT from current PLN 30 1000 to PLN 60 thousand.
Charles Nawrocki is all for
The fresh president announces that he wants to velocity up government action. An action plan for the first weeks of his word of office is under way, with at least 5-6 draft laws being drawn up among the priorities. In conversation with Journal of the Legal Gazette Karol Nawrocki declared that the government could number on his signature under the law raising the tax-free amount to PLN 60 1000 per year. He besides added that if Parliament does not address this issue soon, it will take the legislative initiative itself.
When the TVP Info interview pointed out that the President-elect Karol Nawrocki as a origin of backing for the increase in the tax-free amount indicated the sealing of the VAT gap, Andrzej Domański replied that It's evidently a fairy tale.. He stressed that it was the current government already in its first year of operation that importantly reduced the VAT gap – from more than 13% in 2023, during the reign of the Law and Justice, to below 7%. In his opinion, the field for further sealing is negligible.
Of course, we will work hard all the time to fight all the pathologists and criminals, but let's be serious – it will not be the amount that would let the free amount to be financed said Domanski.
An impossible promise?
The question remains why the government has inactive not decided to make 1 of its promises.
I think that in the budget for 2026 the amount free of PLN 60 000 will not fit said TVP Info on air.
At the moment, no circumstantial date has been indicated for the entry into force of the fresh tax-free amount. Prime Minister Donald Tusk maintains that the improvement will be implemented during the current word of office, but its word depends on the state of public finances.
Minister Domański assured that he would keep the Prime Minister informed of the advancement of the reform. However, he pointed out that changes would only be possible if reliable sources of backing were identified.
