Every now and then, thanks to public statements by politicians in the media, the subject of the so-called bull tax returns. What form is the burden on bachelors and maidens who do not want to start a family and can the tax punishment for being single soon enter Poland?
The problem is that statistical surveys show that the age of newlyweds is steadily increasing and fertility is decreasing, which indirectly affects economic development. Yet 50 years ago man after 25 He was considered an old bachelor. Today it is not surprising that in Poland the average age of the groom is 29 years, and the bride 27.
Poles are among the youngest newlyweds in Europe. However, it does not seem that the singles tax is a good solution and would prompt anyone to start a family. However, various politicians from PiS, PO and PLS and the no longer existing AWS have already appeared with the idea of introducing bull tax.
They also made such a proposal in 2007 by the authorities of the Lipsk municipality in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Recently, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Development Artur Soboń raised this issue.
He asked if the bachelor had a chance to pay the rent, or, rather, he would lose at the outset, because he had no children – he jokingly replied: "I personally think that such people should pay "the bull" because that would get them to start a family. I'm half joking, half serious, because I want Apartment+ to be a family program.
However, in the Act we put it in such a way that subsidies will not only be paid to families in the classical sense of the word. There are different life situations.”
At the moment, it seems that Polish singles can sleep peacefully. There is no official information about the work in the Ministry of Finance concerning the introduction of a new tax for ‘old’ bachelors and ‘old’ virgins.
It is worth noting that the idea of bull tax is not a new solution and functions in various forms around the world. This tax was in force during the period of the PRL, from 1 January 1946 to 1 January 1973 Initially, it was paid by virgins and bachelors above 21 of the year of age and of 29 November 1956 by singles above 25 years of age.
The bovine was elevated by 20% income tax. The idea is also known in other countries. In 2017 The idea of introducing a bull tax came to Russia. The Government Institute of Demography, Migration and Regional Development proposed that childless marriages pay half a percent of income to improve deteriorating demography.
In Hungary, families raising children can count on great income tax relief. In France, however, bull tax is integrated into income tax structures. The number of children in possession affects the membership of a specific tax threshold, meaning that families without children pay higher taxes.
Under the rule of the Civic Platform, work was underway on the so-called single tax, which in practice pursued ideas of bull tax and was to be in its construction close to French solutions.
At the moment, it seems that Polish singles can sleep peacefully. There is no official information about the work in the Ministry of Finance concerning the introduction of a new tax for ‘old’ bachelors and ‘old’ virgins.