Law / KRUS - Farmer's Insurance Question and Help [10]

Well dougal,I have been to the KRUS office and they did almost bite my head off! Probably because I was asking so many questions. I also called several KRUS offices. They all said the same thing:If you own more than a hectare & aren't paying ZUS then you must pay KRUS. Not only that, but you must backpay for all the time you didn't pay KRUS yet owned your land. They also said insurance is obligatory in Poland.A lawyer made me a copy of the rules.The rules say you pay KRUS if your a farmer. A farmer,in the rules, is stated to be one who raises & then sells what they produce. This seems to be the clincher,though the KRUS office people never told me so. I don't want to have to take a lawyer with me next time I enter the KRUS office. Has anyone managed not to have to backpay? In my case it would be quite a substantial amount,so I appreciate any input anyone may have.

USA, Canada / Question for all on Helena Modjeska book from the United States [3]

Hello John,
This sounds interesting.Why limit it to the Kraków area? In my opinion ,you should translate it.Also promote it at bookstores etc.

Law / KRUS - Farmer's Insurance Question and Help [10]

Scorpio,When you say the 2 components of KRUS can be paid for individually,do you mean I can just pay for the health insurance part for example?(As long as I'm not paying ZUS?) Would you mind sharing who the KRUS representative was who told you this? I would like to contact someone at KRUS who knows what they're talking about. So far they keep repeating to me that if you have minimum 1 hecter you must pay your KRUS. And that both conponents must be paid.

Law / KRUS - Farmer's Insurance Question and Help [10]

This is exactly my situation. I'm curious to know if you have figured KRUS out yet. If I have been paying my land taxes but not my KRUS payments(& have not worked anywhere else) does it mean I just don't get medical benefits and I don't get retirement benefits. Or does it mean no benefits of any sort & no counting towards retirement AND that I MUST make up the back payments?