Winning in Lotto less profitable. There will be a higher tax than winnings
The government is intensively looking for money. After a tax increase for alcohol and a higher fee for sugar in drinks, the time has come for a higher tax on winning competitions, games and mutual plants.
The Council of Ministers will soon bend over the draft amendments to the Personal Income Tax Act. It is being prepared to increase the income tax rate on winning competitions, games and mutual plants or awards related to bonus sales, obtained in the Member State of the European Union or another country belonging to the European Economic Area.
The author of the changes is Deputy Minister Jarosław Neneman from Poland 2050.
The amount of tax on winnings has not been changed for 24 years
The lucky ones who will win more than PLN 2,280 in Lotto or Eurojackpot will pay not 10 percent, but by another 5 percent. more. From January 1, 2026, the state will take 15 percent from winning In other words, the government will not take PLN 100 from PLN 1,000, but already PLN 150.
The Ministry of Finance justified the increase in information that the tax rates on winnings have not been changed since 2001.
According to the Office, over the years, the values of winnings have increased significantly as part of competitions/awards organized by entities from, among others, the media, bank or food industry as well as as part of games and mutual plants organized as part of entities operating on the gambling market “.
In 2023 with only 4,475,682 thousand tax tax tax tax tax. zloty.
Tax on winnings not obligatory everywhere
Not everywhere you pay tax on winnings. In Germany, the whole pool behaves for himself. People who make a profit from gambling do not even have to report a win to the tax office. These amounts also do not need to be included in the annual tax return.
Taxes only appear when the winner begins to turn the wins of money – e.g. invests in real estate or shares. Then the profits from such investments are already normally taxed.
