Overwhelming majority of public believe taxes are excessive

The Adam Smith Center (CAS) commissioned Estymator to conduct a nationwide opinion poll on the tax system. Over 95% of respondents claim that taxes in are too high or much too high. "The basic consequences of excessive taxes are reduced motivation to work, lower budgetary incomes, people resorting to work in the grey zone, and fiscal emigration," claims Tadeusz Tyszka from CAS. The survey also revealed decreasing support for progressive tax. "Five years ago, 67% supported this type of taxation, last year 57% and now only 50% of respondents, whereas support for flat-rate tax has been constantly on the increase," added Tyszka. CAS specialists have been working on a new taxation system, which should prove revolutionary. It is aimed at fighting unemployment, already assumed to be a social catastrophe. To lower it, labor costs have to be reduced. "Lower taxes and a simplified tax system should result in reduced budgetary expenditures," claimed CAS's Krzysztof Dzierżawski. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) K.Ż.