Realizacja koncepcji sprawiedliwości dystrybutywnej na przykładzie ulgi dla młodych w podatku PIT w latach 2019-2022

Abstract

The aim of the article is an attempt to answer the research question: Is the relief for young people in the PIT tax introduced in August 2019 and modified in the following years implementing the concept of distributive justice and how? and guiding questions: What is the purpose of the youth relief and benefits for a privileged taxpayer? Has the objective of the tax relief been achieved in the examined period 2019-2022? The conducted analysis of the youth relief confirmed that its structure implements the concept of distributive justice. The relief has a clearly defined socio-economic goal, such as: reducing unemployment among young people, faster entry into the labour market and promotion of certain forms of employment. These goals were not achieved in the analyzed period, and the reasons for this state of affairs can be found in the Covid-19 pandemic, during which young people lost their jobs in the first place. The analysis of tax benefits shows that its value is falling, and it has definitely decreased after the entry into force of the tax reform of the Polish Order. It is postulated to extend the relief to all young people up to the age of 26, even at the cost of lowering the relief limit. This will allow, in the worsening situation of the Polish economy, to create equal conditions of competition on the labour market for young people starting their professional activity.(original abstract)