Tax regulations updated for Poles working abroad

Yesterday the Constitutional Tribunal ordered changes to the unjust tax regulations harming Poles who work abroad. This decision relates to health and social insurance contributions, where the current regulations do not allow Poles employed in the EU but outside of Poland to deduct the health contribution from their tax, and the social insurance contribution from revenues. The Judges decided that people looking for employment abroad cannot be treated in such a way. "The elementary social justice requires that they are not punished for this by being treated worse," said Judge Teresa Liszcz. The Tribunal ruled, however, that the old regulations will stay in force until end of November 2008. Although PO representatives announced plans to quickly begin work on new regulations, it seems that the need is not as urgent. In the UK for example, double taxation laws have already been withdrawn. If the new Polish regulations had of been introduced in 2006, workers would have paid as much as 30% less tax. (Dziennik, p. 11) A.K.