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PIT settlements. Records in taxes. The Ministry provided data
In 2024, almost two million taxpayers in Poland reported earnings exceeding PLN 120,000, as per the Ministry of Finance’s statistics. Additionally, 8.7 million individuals utilized the so-called young person’s relief, which effectively means no tax.
The Ministry of Finance has released figures regarding the tax settlement for 2024. The ministry indicated that a total of 23.6 million electronic submissions were processed during this settlement, with 14.3 million made through Your e-PIT, marking an all-time high.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Finance revealed that 1.1 million entrepreneurs submitted their tax returns via the Your e-PIT service (compared to 0.9 million last year).
The number of paper returns reached 1.2 million, the lowest recorded. Overall, 24.8 million tax returns were submitted for 2024, an increase from 24.6 million the previous year.
PIT settlement. Ministry data
– In 2024, there were 1 million 991 thousand individuals whose tax base surpassed PLN 120 thousand. This indicates that these individuals paid taxes at a higher rate of 32 percent. They represent 7.9 percent of all taxpayers filing on the scale – stated Deputy Minister of Finance and head of the National Revenue Administration Marcin Łoboda.
He also noted that in 2024, 8.7 million people paid no taxes (including those under 26 years of age who benefit from this relief), with 8 million of them filing on the tax scale.
Nearly PLN 22 billion in refunds
– Taxpayers have received tax refunds totaling PLN 22 billion so far. These refunds arise from 14.4 million declarations – commented Małgorzata Krok, Deputy Minister of Finance and Deputy Head of the National Tax Administration. She added that further refunds are being progressively processed by various tax offices.
– We understand that taxpayers desire their refunds to be processed promptly, which is why we are making efforts to facilitate this as quickly as possible. The quickest refund period is one day, and the average duration is 14 days – noted the deputy minister.
Over a million extra to pay
She reported that there were also taxpayers required to make additional tax payments. Such payments amounted to over 1.03 million.
According to the Ministry of Finance’s data, the majority of taxpayers chose to pay their taxes using BLIK, with 739 thousand transactions totaling PLN 458 million, followed by card payments, with 218 thousand made amounting to PLN 240 million. Online transfers were the least utilized payment method, with only 74 thousand payments, but the total for these was the highest at PLN 1 billion.
The Ministry of Finance indicated that PLN 2.3 billion was allocated to public benefit organizations through the payment of 1.5 percent of tax, which means the average declared amount for transfer was PLN 182.6. The number of returns indicating a public benefit organization was 12.7 million, exceeding those where such an organization was not mentioned.
The Ministry of Finance also noted that the youngest taxpayer who submitted a return was 18 years old, while the oldest was 109.
Furthermore, the Ministry reported that taxpayer satisfaction levels in tax offices during the PIT campaign reached 93% this year, up from 89% the previous year.
