Published : 2019-12-30

The Influence of tax Preferences on the Tax Wedge in Poland and the European Union

Łukasz Ziębakowski



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Taxation of labour resources is one of the factors that determine the behaviour of labour market participants. Extensive non-wage burdens are commonly believed to demotivate job seekers from taking up a job, to limit the creation of new work places and to encourage companies to operate in the shadow economy. A system of tax preferences has a significant impact on reducing the level of wage taxation. The aim of the article is to present changes in the level of the tax wedge in European Union countries in the period 2004-2016 and to determine how tax preferences affect the size of the tax wedge. Based on the results of his study, the author concludes that in most EU member states tax preferences constitute an important instrument of social policy, although they are applied to a varying degree. Although the tax wedge in Poland is already considerably below the EU average, there are a number of possibilities of decreasing it even further by taking advantage of such options as joint taxation of spouses, various tax reliefs and exemptions. (original abstract)

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Tax wedge, Labour taxation, Labour costs, Remuneration, Labour market



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Ziębakowski, Łukasz. (2019). The Influence of tax Preferences on the Tax Wedge in Poland and the European Union. The WSB University in Poznan Graduate Research Journal, 19(19), 181–197. https://doi.org/10.26349/dnswsb.0019.10

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ul. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 5
61-895 Poznań

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