> According to calculations by the presidency, an average Polish family is expected to be around 1,000 zloty (€235) per month better off thanks to the new tax break.
Interesting to see if this incentive is sufficient to convince those with less than two children to get to two. €2820/year seems...insufficient to move the needle.
In the US, if you are married with two kids, your first $70k is zero tax at the federal level.
The truth is that falling birth rates aren't about direct financial costs -- its about opportunity costs. The opportunity to do things that you frankly just lose the freedom to do when you become a mother or father. And lowering tax rates doesn't really solve that problem.
> The truth is that falling birth rates aren't about direct financial costs -- its about opportunity costs.
I hear this, but the majority of couples I know would be fine with kids if decent housing was available and affordable, especially on one income. This is coastal California not conservative rural area.
toomuchtodo|4 months ago
Interesting to see if this incentive is sufficient to convince those with less than two children to get to two. €2820/year seems...insufficient to move the needle.
dash2|4 months ago
missedthecue|4 months ago
The truth is that falling birth rates aren't about direct financial costs -- its about opportunity costs. The opportunity to do things that you frankly just lose the freedom to do when you become a mother or father. And lowering tax rates doesn't really solve that problem.
gedy|4 months ago
I hear this, but the majority of couples I know would be fine with kids if decent housing was available and affordable, especially on one income. This is coastal California not conservative rural area.