Government's personal income tax proposals show no sign of a decrease

The government's proposal to change the Personal Income Tax (PIT) bill does not include a gradual decrease of the tax rates. There is no mention of eliminating the big construction tax break either. Sejm was supposed to hear first reading of the proposed changes to PIT, which was filed by the Sejm Commission on Public Finance at Wednesday's sitting. But the Sejm speaker Maciej Plazynski announced it has been removed from the agenda after he contacted the head of the Commission. "The government intends to file its own motion and we want both proposals to meet each other," said the head of the Commission Miroslaw Sekula. There are small differences between the Commission's and the government's proposal. Prawo i Gospodarka has learned that the government plan will eliminate the tax break for building new apartments for rental. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 1)