Nearly 20,000 Poles earned over PLN 1 mln in 2015

More than 19,500 of Poles earned over PLN 1 million last year, according to data from tax chambers, Polish daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna informed. The newspaper said that there has been an upward trend in the number of those earning more than million złoty over the last years. In 2013, 14,600 Poles claimed such incomes in their tax declarations, while one year later, the figure stood at 16,500. Compared to the number of taxpayers with incomes above the second (highest) tax threshold, the group of "millionaires" seems small. Of 660,000 Poles earning more than PLN 85,528 a year and paying the PIT tax rate of 32 percent, only 19,500 had incomes of more than PLN 1 million. The newspaper reminded also that according to central bank NBP, the average total wealth (including real estate, cars, etc.) of a Pole stands at PLN 257,000.