Poland wants to merge tax and other contributions into one rate in 2018

The government of Poland wants to merge social security contributions (ZUS), health insurance (NFZ) and income tax (PIT) into one rate as of 2018, said Henryk Kowalczyk, chairman of the Government Standing Committee. The official said that legislative works will be undertaken later this year. "We will need 2017 to introduce it, and January is the most plausible date for the one rate to come into force," Kowalczyk stated. In May, Development Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the goverment was considering such a move. "We are working on it. It's a fundamental and a systemic change to the tax system, therefore it's not possible to carry it out within a few months," Morawiecki said then.