Lower health insurance premium for entrepreneurs
“We know that we need to reduce the health insurance premium for entrepreneurs” – assured the Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański on Thursday on TVN 24.
As he said, all coalition partners present their proposals regarding the contribution. “I encourage everyone to discuss financing health care, to find a good solution. I am absolutely convinced that we will find such a solution, because there is a will on the part of the coalition partners,” assessed the head of the Ministry of Finance.
He recalled that in March, the heads of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health presented the assumptions for changes in the health insurance contribution, concerning entrepreneurs settling PIT in one of four forms: tax scale, 19% flat tax, lump sum on recorded revenues or via the tax card.
In his opinion 93% of entrepreneurs would benefit from such solutions.
“I am supposed to receive the project by the end of this week, such far-reaching assumptions from the PSL, I am very keen on it,” said the head of the Ministry of Finance. He recalled that the Left also presented its proposals.
“I would like us to have one common government project; it seems to me that this is the only right direction,” the minister said.
New health insurance contribution: when?
When asked when a Polish entrepreneur will pay lower health insurance premiums, The minister said that he would like such a solution to be developed within the next few weeks. The Sejm, he said, will meet in mid-September. “I think that by then we will be working to new health compilation It would like it to enter into force on January 1st next year,” he said.
In addition to the proposals of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health, Poland 2050 submitted its draft amendments to the Sejm, and the Polish People’s Party and the Left also announced their own projects. Kosiniak-Kamysz
President of the Polish People’s Party, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that if there is no final project on the health insurance contribution from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health in the near future, PSL has prepared a compromise project. According to him, the project proposed by Poland 2050 is too far-reaching a solution, while the provisions proposed by the Ministry of Finance are too conservative.
How high will the health insurance contribution be for entrepreneurs?
According to the project of the Ministries of Finance and Health entrepreneurs on the tax scale (1.3 million entities) would pay a contribution of 9% from 75% of the minimum wage. In the case of those paying the flat tax, the contribution is to be calculated at 9% from 75% of the minimum wage to income equal to twice the average wage. People paying a flat-rate tax on recorded revenues will pay 9% from 75% of the minimum wage to monthly income equal to four times the average wage. In turn, entrepreneurs on the tax card would pay a contribution of 9% from 75% of the minimum wage, also without the possibility of deduction from tax.
Poland 2050 presented its suggestionschanges to health insurance contributions. The group then submitted an amendment to its own bill – instead of a fixed amount of the contribution, it proposed lump sums of 4%, 7% and 9.4%, calculated based on the average salary, depending on income.
Health insurance premium: current solutions
Currently the employee’s health insurance contribution is 9 percentThe same amount is paid by those running a business on the tax scale.. Entrepreneurs on a flat tax pay a contribution of 4.9 percent, while those paying a flat tax pay three levels of a flat contribution depending on their income. (PAP)
