Majority of Poles in favor of lowering PIT for least earners

Most Poles are in favor of lowering the PIT of the least earners – every fourth believes that the highest earners should pay 32 percent rate or more  – results from the study of the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) "What taxes do Poles want, and what are they today?".
In the study, Poles were asked, inter alia, about what rate of income tax people with different levels of earnings should be taxed. The answers show that 44 percent of Poles believe that earnings below the minimum wage (PLN 2,600) should not be taxed at all, and 42 percent of respondents think they should be taxed at a rate of 10 percent (currently the tax on such earnings is 17 percent).
"61 percent of Poles believe that average wages should be taxed lower than at present," the study stated.
 At the same time, almost half of Poles (49 percent) believe that the optimal rate for such earnings would be 10 percent.
At the same time, the respondents most often favor higher taxes in the case of the highest earners, whose income exceeds four times the average salary, i.e. PLN 21,200. In the opinion of 59 percent of Poles, the PIT rate for the best earners should be at least 20 percent. The survey shows that 16 percent of Poles believe that such earnings should be taxed at a rate of 25 percent, and 26 percent of those questioned believe that the rate should be 32 percent or more.
"Poles expect a greater tax progression, and thus a clearer difference in taxing the work of people with high and low incomes," PIE concluded.
(PAP)