During today’s press conference, the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers assessed the idea of abolishing the 30-fold limit on Social Insurance Institution contributions unequivocally negatively. The Union’s experts also gave examples of alternative actions ensuring the fulfilment of the assumption of finding an additional PLN 5 billion in budget revenues.

The draft budget act for the year 2020 is definitely a historical project. For the first time after 1989, the government proposed a balanced budget, i.e. one in which the sum of revenues is equal to the sum of expenses. The lack of a planned budget deficit is an unprecedented phenomenon that should be assessed definitely positively. Thus far, a deficit amounting to tens of billions of zlotys was an almost certain element of every subsequent state budget. It is admirable, therefore, that with such extensive social policy, the government managed to balance revenues and expenses. This is also important because in the last few years, which were a period of excellent economic situation, subsequent budgets were characterised by relatively small, albeit still deficits.

The last four years were a time of unprecedented development for the Polish economy – largely due to the fantastic economic situation in Europe, but one cannot deny the government certain successes of their own. We positively evaluate the actions undertaken by the Law and Justice government in terms of the economy – these are the basic conclusions from the report of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers published today.