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Polish families with two or more children will now pay zero income tax up to a certain earning threshold under President Karol Nawrocki’s pro-family, faith-focused reform.

Poland has eliminated personal income tax for parents raising at least two children. The landmark reform was signed by President Karol Nawrocki and cements his pledge to strengthen families and return Christian values to the heart of national life.

The legislation, formally enacted last Thursday, removes income tax obligations for families earning up to 140,000 zloty (€32,973) per year, as reported by Euronews. The law represents one of the most ambitious pro-family tax reforms in Europe, and mirrors similar measures in Hungary.

According to the president’s office, an average household will be around 1,000 zloty (€235) better off each month under the new system. The financial benefit will be seen in the 2026 tax year for returns filed in 2027, and also applies to legal guardians and foster parents.

The European Conservative reports that the main goals of the new law are to “ease the tax burden on families, increase disposable income, stimulate consumption, and encourage labor market participation”.

While the savings for families are significant, they will be most strongly felt by the middle class. The European Conservative continues:

Parents earning 12,000 zloty (€2,826) per month will save approximately 913 zloty (€215) every month — amounting to over 11,000 zloty (€2,590) per year. Meanwhile, those earning the lowest national income can expect savings of around 75 zloty (€17) per month, while individuals earning less than the tax-free threshold will not experience any change, as they are already exempt from PIT.

The reform was among Nawrocki’s earliest campaign promises. In March, before his June election victory, he unveiled his “Contract with the Poles,” pledging to deliver tangible support for families from the first day of his presidency.

The move won widespread public backing: in consultations held on 11 September, 76 per cent of respondents said the measure was “definitely needed,” while only 16 per cent opposed it.

Following its passage through parliament, President Nawrocki signed off on his signature tax measure on 16 October.

🚨 WOW! Poland’s right-wing President Karol Nawrocki has just EXEMPTED many parents of two or more children from income tax

Nawrocki was endorsed by President Trump and recently WON his election

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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 18, 2025

Poland’s Christian Identity Reasserted

Karol Tadeusz Nawrocki, 42, entered the presidency after serving as Director of the Museum of the Second World War, and later President of the Institute of National Remembrance, which documents communist-era crimes.

A practising Roman Catholic, husband, and father of three, Nawrocki has long argued that Poland’s strength lies in its Christian identity and high value on stable families.

At his inauguration speech, he put his faith on display while reaching out across the aisle, saying, “During the campaign I encountered contempt, which as a Christian I forgive from the bottom of my heart.”

President Nawrocki’s zero-income-tax law forms part of a wider fiscal programme he has dubbed Poland’s “tax armour,” which is aimed at shoring up economic resilience while reinforcing the family as the cornerstone of Polish society. If fully enacted, the package will also include the abolition of capital-gains tax.

The new law arrives at a time when many European nations face declining birth rates and shrinking labour forces. Poland’s birth rate fell to its lowest level in modern history in 2023, with just 1.2 children per woman — well below the replacement level.

President Nawrocki’s Pro-Faith Credentials

President Nawrocki’s political vision is self-consciously framed around Poland’s Catholic heritage and conservative social mores. He has consistently emphasised that marriage is a union between a man and a woman, which he has described as both a constitutional and moral truth.

“There is a male sex and a female sex,” he said in a recent interview. “If anyone defies that, they don’t understand the present, the past or the future.”

Nawrocki has been unafraid to make cultural issues a rallying point of his public image. In a debate leading up to the first round of the election, he contrasted his platform with that of opponent Rafał Trzaskowski by placing a rainbow flag in front of Trzaskowski’s lectern and a Polish flag before his own.

On 28 June this year, that stance paid off, when a slim majority of Poles — 50.89% of the vote to Trzaskowski’s 49.11% — affirmed at the ballot box his view that preserving family, faith and national culture is essential for the health of Polish society.

Like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Nawrocki has positioned Poland as a bulwark of Christian Europe in the midst of increased secularisation around the continent.

He has described himself as “the guardian of Polish culture,” stating, “I stand for freedom and normality in culture,” and, “I do not want to support absurdities — only the cultural heritage of the Republic.”

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