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PiS Seeking Progressive Public Burden System; PiS: Opposition Won't Block EU Funding

POLAND

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  • Local Media says PiS is seeking more progressive public burdens system - including taxes and premiums to social insurance and healthcare systems.
    • Proposals include: a higher standardized deduction for incomes <PLN 30,000, and tweaks to tax brackets.
    • Lower burdens for low- and mid-earners to be financed by the wealthiest, particularly affluent sole traders now often paying a flat income rax rate: would pay markedly higher healthcare premiums
  • PiS is confident it can count opposition will support the EU recovery plan in parliament, despite some demands from opposition parties.
    • Pro-European parties (KO) simply can't afford to vote against EU funds – PiS Top Brass.
  • PiS needs the opposition's support amid likely resistance from junior ally Solidarna Polska – Rzeczpospolita
  • 0830 Govt conference about vaccinantions
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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