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Personal Income Tax Act

Tax on personal income: employment, business, rental income, dividends.

Summary
PIT
Adopted
26 July 1991
Original publication
Dz.U. 1991 nr 80 poz. 350
Summary up to date as of
October 2026
Full text in ISAP

Key rules

PIT in brief

01

Tax scale: 12% up to PLN 120,000, 32% on the excess; tax-free allowance PLN 30,000.

02

A business owner may choose the 19% flat tax or a lump-sum tax on revenue (from 2% to 17%).

03

Income above PLN 1 million a year: an additional 4% solidarity levy.

04

A Polish tax resident pays tax on worldwide income.

Full text of the act

The current consolidated text and all amendments are available in ISAP, the official database of legal acts maintained by the Sejm.

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Summary prepared by the HLBC team. Status: October 2026. This is general information, not legal advice.

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