– In the budget for 2026 there is no free amount (60 1000 PLN-ed), we have already talked about this many times before – said Minister of Finance Andrzej Domanski during the press conference.
There will be no fresh tax-free amount for now
Let us remind: presently the tax-free amount is PLN 30 1000 in Poland. Her last growth occurred in 2022.
The Citizens' Coalition announced before the last elections in 2023 that it would increase it twice during this term, to PLN 60 thousand. It was 1 of the key demands of the formation governed by Donald Tusk.
The Prime Minister spoke about this in late July on TVN24. – erstwhile we are ready with the draft amount free of taxation and timing, that is, at what time, I will inform exactly. There will be no specified thing for 2026 – the head of the government stated in "Facts after Facts".
What else did Domanski say on Thursday? – Poland joins the group of the 20 largest economies in the world. economical growth is accelerating and we anticipate it to be 3.4% of GDP this year. Poland is the fastest increasing large EU economy," said the minister during the press conference.
The government adopted the draft budget for 2026
As he pointed out, inflation falls faster this year than expected. – The last reading at 3.1% is much lower than expected, preparing the budget for 2025 – it fell.
– In the budget adopted by us, we anticipate economical growth at 3.5% of GDP. On the another hand, the average yearly inflation is expected to be 3%, with a projected increase in wages of 6.4%. This means that one more time the real value of Poles' salaries will increase – the minister described.
– The budget presented for 2026 is simply a budget of security, investment and support for citizens. That's why we usage a evidence amount of PLN 200 billion for defense. We invest in safety and resilience, said Domański.
And he added: – In 2026 we focus on investments. erstwhile again, we secured funds for key projects specified as the first Polish atomic power plant.
– Another precedence of this budget is health, so in 2026 we plan to allocate PLN 247,8 billion to them. We want these measures to improve the availability of benefits for patients," the Minister stressed. The backing of social programmes specified as: "Grandmother", Renta Wdowie or the valorisation of pensions and 800 plus will besides be maintained.
The forecast gross is expected to amount to PLN 647 billion and the forecast budget deficit is PLN 271.7 billion. 918.9 billion PLN – this is what public spending is expected to cost.
