I remember average assesments of tax levels in Poland calculated around 2019 i think, according to that, real ultimate tax rate including indirect taxes for person earning the minimal wage was around 60% and for person in the highest wage bracket around 30%. And every fucking party and media in this country tells me we have "progressive" taxes. And this didn't even included the really rich people, just those that are working for the wage and the wage is their main or only income.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. Progressive bracketing of income tax is only one aspect of the whole thing. It gets a lot of attention but once you take into account taxes on everything else, which also includes the most basic groceries for some reason, the non-wealthy end up getting taxed more proportionally to their income.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Main culprits in Poland are VAT and excise tax, they are very high and added to nearly all necessities, so things poor people need but aren't added to thing rich people do with their money, that is various finance schemes.