Zmiany przychylności podatkowej gmin w okresie dekoniunktury gospodarczej

A major tool for developing a tax policy applied by communes in Poland is adopting, within lawful limits, amounts of rates of local taxes. This paper aims at presenting and evaluating changes in the amounts of real estate tax rates adopted by communes self-governments in 2007 and 2010. The assessment also included a favorable tax regime of communes in regard of entrepreneurs and inhabitants. Calculations which have been made clearly show that, in regard of the surveyed population, the share of territorial units applying relatively low real estate tax rates decreased whereas the share of communes applying relatively high tax rates rose to an insignificant extent. The above resulted in classifying them among the group of communes with an unfavorable tax regime.