Kowalczyk optimistic about the Polish budget for 2017

Henryk Kowalczyk, chairman of the Government Standing Committee, estimated the Polish budget for 2017 optimistically enough, saying there should be no problem with it. "I look forward with optimism to the 2017 budget. We have a much higher tax revenue - a 60 percent increase has been achieved. The tax system is not fully functioning yet, but the effects are already visible. It allows us to be optimistic about the coming year, which may be a little difficult, but I think there will be no problems," Kowalczyk proclaimed on Monday. According to the official, the budget will not be changed for at least the next two years, until the process of the UK leaving the European Union is finished. "It will probably  be necessary to reduce the budget [after summer 2019-2020], so there will be a reduction in expenditures, including in Poland... It could be €1-2 billion. But on a scale of a 7-year budget perspective, this money is not significant," Kowalczyk concluded.