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Church tax.
W The legislature is examining the anticipation of introducing a church taxation in Poland, modelled on solutions operating in any European countries, including Germany. According to the proposal presented, those declaring to belong to a church or a spiritual union would transfer 8% the remuneration – regardless of the kind of contract (work contract, order or work) – in the form of tax. The taxation collection is to be carried out by an employer who would take the funds to the taxation Office. The office would then transfer receivables to the account of the designated church or spiritual union. Those declaring not to belong to any spiritual community would not be subject to this tax.
Supporters of the solution show that thus the financing of the activities of the churches would remainder solely on their faithful, which they find fair.
In my opinion, the introduction of church taxation in Poland is not realistic. The rate of 8% would represent a crucial financial burden that could lead to mass occurrence of church believers. The scale of specified resignations would be a serious problem for the ecclesiastical hierarchy, and it is so hard to anticipate the Episcopate to agree to introduce specified regulations. Whereas In Poland, key decisions concerning the state-Church relation require the acceptance of the Catholic Church, without its favour it seems impossible to pass a akin law.
