Zróżnicowanie obciążeń fiskalnych dochodów osób fizycznych w Polsce

Taxation has been a complex social, economic, political and legal issue. Taxes have always been and will primarily remain as a tool for the state to gather essential means to perform its functions. Furthermore, taxes have been linked with regulation of economic and social processes, which means, that taxes fulfill following functions: redistributive, stimulus and allocative. Socioeconomic meaning of taxes is reflected in the fact that as a result of imposing taxes the financial and profitable situation of taxpayers changes which influences their decisions: economic, consumption, or about saving etc. Changes in the tax system in 2008-2015 have affected the shape of nominative and effective tax rates. The amount of tax burdens and other fiscal impositions on certain groups of taxpayers caused changes in charging their income. The aim of this article is to evaluate tax burdens in Poland in 2008-2015. Based on this evaluation, an attempt of verifying hypotheses has been made on assumption that tax burdens imposed on individuals involved in nonagricultural activities are lower in comparison with taxation of income from other sources.