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Post by Bonobo on May 1, 2008 8:07:39 GMT 1
I think I will do well. Polish tax forms are said to be very complex and difficult to fill out. This is off the subject of the peregrination of the Holy Picture, but I'm curious about Polish taxes. Do you have taxes deducted from your paycheck and either pay what you are lacking at the end of the year/get a refund of what you overpaid? Or do you just pay in a lump sum at the end of the year, or what? Just curious... Yes, taxes are deducted every month by your employer. If you are a small businessman, you also pay monthly, but you can also pay every four months. I am not sure about big business, certainly every month. The tax form must be finalised and handed in before the end of April. This year there is a big child deduction, for every child you can deduct 1145 zl, it is 500$, and not from your income but your tax! The tax scale starts with 19%. 30% starts from earnings over 43.000 zl - 20.000$. 40% starts from income over 85.000 zl - 40.000$. Of course, in such cases, first you pay 19% from 43.000zl, then 30% or 40% from everything over it. |
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Post by jeanne on May 1, 2008 11:35:32 GMT 1
This year there is a big child deduction, for every child you can deduct 1145 zl, it is 500$, and not from your income but your tax! That is a good thing for families! Is the government doing that to encourage people to have children and get the birth rate a little higher? I've heard a lot about Europe committing demographic suicide by not reproducing. Any thoughts? |
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Post by Bonobo on May 1, 2008 18:28:02 GMT 1
Hmm, what do you mean by sales or property? What tax is applied there? Selling a house, for example. You pay 10% if you built or purchased the house/apartment before 1 January 2007. Regulations impose 19% taxation if the house was built or purchased after 1 January 2007. You can avoid paying any tax if within 6 moths after the sale you buy another house or apartment. |
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Post by locopolaco on May 1, 2008 18:35:41 GMT 1
here we also have a yearly property tax which includes your real estate (homes and land) and other property such as boats, ATVs, RVs etc..
there is also a sales tax with everything you purchase... it's kind of like a luxury tax. my state doesn't tax food but many do. liquor has a couple of taxes in most states.. some may even have 3 taxes..
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Post by Bonobo on May 2, 2008 21:59:46 GMT 1
here we also have a yearly property tax which includes your real estate (homes and land) and other property such as boats, ATVs, RVs etc.. By ATVs you mean space shuttles or sth??? hahahaha There is such a tax, it is quite low and the same for everybody, no matter if you live in a posh expensive elite place or in the armpit. E.g., the tax I pay for my garage which occupies a dozen square meters of the land owned by the city of Krakow amounts to 80 zl - 40$ per year. If you mean VAT, yes, we have it too. It varies depending on a product - construction materials at 22% and books or baby products 7%. As for liquor, there are many taxes imposed on it. If the cost of producing one bottle of vodka amounts to 1 dollar, and they sell it for 10$ in stores, then you can imagine all those taxes. . |
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Post by locopolaco on May 2, 2008 22:25:11 GMT 1
here we also have a yearly property tax which includes your real estate (homes and land) and other property such as boats, ATVs, RVs etc.. By ATVs you mean space shuttles or sth??? hahahaha There is such a tax, it is quite low and the same for everybody, no matter if you live in a posh expensive elite place or in the armpit. E.g., the tax I pay for my garage which occupies a dozen square meters of the land owned by the city of Krakow amounts to 80 zl - 40$ per year. If you mean VAT, yes, we have it too. It varies depending on a product - construction materials at 22% and books or baby products 7%. As for liquor, there are many taxes imposed on it. If the cost of producing one bottle of vodka amounts to 1 dollar, and they sell it for 10$ in stores, then you can imagine all those taxes. . ATV is all terrain vehicle:  not sure what VAT stand for but sounds like a similar thing to sales tax. do you know of any links to PL tax info? i am thinking i came across one a few years ago that had the forms and all the explenations etc.. |
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Post by Bonobo on May 4, 2008 8:43:54 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 30, 2011 21:18:53 GMT 1
I didn`t wait till the last moment like last year! I completed and posted the tax declaration on Friday at 6.55, 5 minutes before closing.
Wasn`t it too early? What do you think? There is still 2nd May ahead and some post offices are open, Tax Offices too.
I am going to get a record high deduction this year.
Tax offices across Poland are holding an open day, Saturday, to help Poles fill out their tax return forms before the deadline, which this year falls on 2 May.
Media reports that Polish taxpayers often wait until the very last moment to file their self-assessment tax documents, a sign of which are the large queues aften seen in tax offices throughout the last days of April.
People who are filing their returns may also do so by registered post, or via the internet, an option taken up by over 800,000 Polish taxpayers this year, as opposed to only 330,000 e-declarations returned in 2010.
Meanwhile, Poland’s Ministry of Finance is urging taxpayers to donate one percent of their tax to pro bono instutions, with simpler instructions than previous years to make it easier to donate the money.
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uncltim
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Post by uncltim on Apr 30, 2011 23:59:46 GMT 1
How was taxation done during communist times? I've never really thought about this before.
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Post by Bonobo on May 1, 2011 6:38:00 GMT 1
How was taxation done during communist times? I've never really thought about this before. To tell the truth, I have no idea. I was too young to be interested. |
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Post by valpomike on May 2, 2011 0:21:46 GMT 1
Ask some of the old timers, we all would to know, Please.
Mike
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