– I am asking Minister Paszyk, when will we discuss the cadastral tax. It is election campaign time, I understand that the current ruling coalition does not want to talk about many projects […] Mr. Paszyk does not want to take a clear stance on the cadastral tax – said Rafał Bochenek at a press conference.

– So when are we supposed to talk about it, when the presidential elections are over and, God forbid, Rafał Trzaskowski becomes the President of the Republic of Poland, and then they will want to introduce such harmful solutions that hit household budgets? The cadastral tax on real estate is nothing more than a tax on the value of real estate – he continued.

– It is being said that in many European countries, this cadastral tax […] ranges from 0.1% to even 3% of the property's value. This is a gigantic blow to Poles' household budgets, an increase in the cost of living, and it will lead to many Poles simply being left penniless – he went on to say.

– Let's assume 15,000 [zł] per meter, for a 100-square-meter house or apartment, someone currently, today […] pays a maximum of 119 zł per year. And what will happen when the idea is realized […] if a cadastral tax at the level of just 1% is introduced […] for a house or apartment with an area of 100 m2, the annual cadastral tax will be 15,000 zł – he added.

– This will lead to situations where owners of 50-square-meter apartments in the city center will pay much higher cadastral taxes than those who have their houses on the outskirts or outside cities, 200, 100-square-meter ones. […] It is also not the case that the cadastral tax will lead to a drop in housing prices – he noted.