It is not too late to postpone the Polish Deal by 2023: employers

New tax regulations that have been in force for less than two weeks, the so-called The Polish Deal shows so many problems that they already justify postponing the new solutions at least until the beginning of 2023 or even 2024. What is worse, everything indicates that further problems are still ahead of us – after difficult settlements the first payment of wages, it will soon be time to apply the remainder of the extremely extensive tax regulations of the Polish Deal.

"In an economy affected by a crisis caused by a pandemic, soaring energy prices and significantly elevated inflation, adding additional costs and risks by the decision of the legislator is irresponsible. Therefore, one should definitely support postponing the application of the provisions of the Polish Deal by at least a year. It is not too late, because not even the second week of the new regulations has been in force. The restoring of the old legal status will be less severe and harmful than the introduction of a tax revolution without adequate time for preparation (vacatio legis)," Łukasz Kozłowski, chief economist of the Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs (FPP), noted.

In his opinion, the minimum is to enable the use of the free quota from January both for employees and contractors.

"Each tax change, and even more so large, should be carried out in accordance with the principles of correct legislation and the so-called business constitution," the FPP expert added.

(WBJ)