Would anyone know how I would send money to Poland... I have heard that there is or was a tax which had to be paid by the recipient if the amount was too large. Is that true?
- as far as I know - no - you wouldn`t have to pay any taxes (if you don`t have a Polish citizenship) - if we`re talking about $50.000-$100.000 your transaction would be checked if you aren`t involved in moneyloundering.
The person to whom you are sending the money would have to pay a tax though.. but it depends from the sum you`re sending and from your relationship to that person.
9.637 PLN - if you`re the wife,housband,child,grandchild,parent,grandparent,brother,sister,stepmother,step father,stepchild,father-in-law or mother in law,son-in-law or daugter in law.. of the person you`re giving the money.
7.276 PLN if you`re in any other family connection with that person.
If you`re sending the money to the son of your father`s wife - then I think in legal terms you`d fall into the 3rd cathegory.
yeah thats right send all your british earned money back to poland ,hasnt anyone in poland got a back bone to stand up for workers rights in your own countries and make a better life for yourselves and the children being born in poland or are you just going to let poland go to the slums and move abroad ,well it is the easy option.
yeah thats right send all your british earned money back to poland ,hasnt anyone in poland got a back bone to stand up for workers rights in your own countries
Give it a rest. Changes can't be immediately implemented. So stay in Poland and make no money? Right..... Europe is open to whoever is in the EU for opportunity purposes.
yeah thats right send all your british earned money back to poland ,hasnt anyone in poland got a back bone to stand up for workers rights in your own countries and make a better life for yourselves and the children being born in poland or are you just going to let poland go to the slums and move abroad ,well it is the easy option.
Well, the problem here is that workers and trade unions actually have TOO MANY RIGHTS and PRIVLIDGES. We`ve also got free healthcare and education - but this system is very uneffective cose it wastes a lot of money an average worker is taxed in such a way that about 1/2 of his pay is being swallowed by taxes as well as various social payments that go to institutions who instead spend them on building new office buildings and sportcenters for their employees instead of spending them on hospitals and doctors.
One of the main problems here is also bureaucracy, which is much larger and much more complicated than i.e. in the UK.
And yes - it would be better if all of those people would indeed stay here, cose right now there aren`t enough people to work in Poland.. ..so we`re importing workers from the East.. even as far as North Korea..
btw. if Polish workers wouldn`t stand up for their rights then it is likely that there would be still communism in Europe.
Uhh in Canada it is illegal to send money through post because if they find it they steal so ya... and ya the bank is the most confidential to send your money...
In the US you can send money through mail, but it's not a smart idea because it can get stolen or could get lost. If you do want to send it through mail, make sure it's registered and insured, that way if the person in Poland doesn't get it, you will get a refund.( I know this because I'm a Postal Worker)
Uhh in Canada it is illegal to send money through post because if they find it they steal so ya... and ya the bank is the most confidential to send your money...
innnnnnnnteresting..... i'm Canadian, and never heard that it was illegal. Can you quote the section oof the CCC to confirm your statement?
perhaps STUPID is the word you were looing for not illegal. \
We used Western Union yesterday to send $500.00 from the US to Lodz Poland and the cost was $43.00. We did it on line and used our credit card. Very easy and the family in Lodz had it in just a few minutes.
I know that this thread started a long time ago but just in case anybody else comes across it as I just have I thought this might be of interest.
If you want to send money back to Poland (or anywhere esle) from either the USA, Canada or the UK just visit sendmoneyhome.org, it's completely free, impartial and allows you to compare all the different services available saving you time and money.
Banks and the big money transfer companies can be expensive (conveniently they are everywhere though) but there are dozens of companies out there. Maximum limits vary depending on the countries involved but if you contact sendmoneyhome.org they will help.
BTW, sending cash amounts to using informal corridors and tends to make the authorities nervous as it's associated with money laundering so best keep it in the formal system.
the best way to send money to Poland is using this website slctransfer.com no taxes, only £4 any amount, is very very nice, the money in your account almost inmediately. i recomended. the problem is that you have to know a bit of polish, but there is an english translation
I was in the UK and sent money to my friend in Poland... We used a company called Now Transfer. They do a fixed fee money transfer service to Poland. Their exchange rates are so much better than others I have used. View it here, it has a good comparison of others also... nowtransfer.com
I used to send money for genealogy to the church with regular dollars wrapped in aluminum foil, in say a greeting card. That was years ago. I had thought it would be the same when I contacted a church for new research, and was told the research would cost, x # of Euros.
So, silly me thought I needed to get Euros. I live in America and had to order them from the bank. It took five days and I got what I thought I would need and some for a donation. Then when the research was done, it was much less than I thought, and he gave me the church's bank routing number for a money transfer.
And he said he could also receive Western Union! Which was less expensive.
So now I have 75 Euros burning a hole in my pocket and I am booking a trip to Poland to spend them. LOL
So now I have 75 Euros burning a hole in my pocket
Well, Poland is not the best place for spending your Euro since we're still using Polisz złoty (Euro will be probably introduced in 2012), secondly, the US dollar has been getting weaker, so maybe you won't lose much (or even gain a few cents) if you sell the Euro back to your bank?
Edit: don't get the wrong impression though that I'm trying to stop you from visiting Poland in any way :)
Thanks Krzysztof......I appreciate the update. But, I booked anyway! lol Going to fly to Ireland first to meet with my friends from Poland and then do the Ryanair round trip.
Hopefully, I'll spend them somewhere. :-)
If not, I am sure they will be a good investment. You are so right about the dollar.
