Love / Help me understand the different mannerisms and mentality of men in Przemysl area! [28]


Nail and head right there.

Work / Information about jobs for Indian students in Poland [286]


Are you suggesting some form of malpractice or illegal activity on his part?

If you are, can you go into detail?

Life / Ideas for constructive Immigration methods for Poland. [30]

I'd like to see the same standards being used for students on the Polish language and the English language programs.

Life / Poles - what do non-Poles just "not get" and why? [23]

Non-Poles just do not get why it is mandatory to stand no further away than one millimetre from the person in front of you in any queue.

(Although this non-Pole solves the problem by scratching the back of his neck and then at the same time turning to look at something located at 90 degrees from the direction he is facing).

UK, Ireland / Getting the most from my hard earned money (transfer money from England to Poland) [41]


Well that would depend on:
whether the person is a Polish tax resident;
where and how he obtained the money;
whether the tax due, if any, was paid on that money;
whether Poland has a double-taxation agreement with that country.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]

The first statement:


And then the statement after the truth is pointed out:


So, were you lying when you said that you think it is a very interesting phenomena or were you lying when you said that nobody cares anyway?

UK, Ireland / Getting the most from my hard earned money (transfer money from England to Poland) [41]

Looks the same. The difference is that the one you link to only gives those rates when you change EUR 1,000 while the one I link to will give you better rates than those listed if you change that much (or at least they do when I change more than a few thousand zloty).

Food / Where can I buy cast iron pans (żeliwne patelnie) in Poland? [19]


Yes, there. The bit between Emilii Plater and Marszalkowska.

UK, Ireland / Getting the most from my hard earned money (transfer money from England to Poland) [41]


Actually it is Aleje Jerozolimskie (corner with Chalubinskiego) and the sign says ORCO, not ORACO. And there is no kantor in that building anyway, just a branch of Polbank. Polbank give terrible exchange rates: just compare their rates with the rates of a decent kantor.

conti.waw.pl/cennik.html

For those too lazy to click: Polbank offer 2.99 / 3.29 for the USD and a decent kantor offers 3.13 and 3.16.

But if you really think taking financial advice from Deepak is a good idea, you deserve the ripping off which is coming your way.

UK, Ireland / Getting the most from my hard earned money (transfer money from England to Poland) [41]

Not sure you have that one right. As far as I know, money which is tax exempt in the UK can be brought to Poland by a Polish tax resident without the need to pay any tax. For example, I know somebody who recently inherited some money in the UK and was able to bring it to Poland without paying tax on it because the amount was under the UK death duties threshold and so exempt from tax.

News / Palikot or the Poles getting rid of the Polish society old Taboos in 2011? [30]


It is quite amazing really: Poland's MPs now include people who are openly gay, trangendered, non-white! If you had told me ten years ago that any of such people would be elected MPs in Poland, I would have laughed at you.

UK, Ireland / Getting the most from my hard earned money (transfer money from England to Poland) [41]

Why is it that people who know nothing seem to insist on making so much noise?


cfe-eutax.org/taxation/personal-income-tax/poland

If you are paying taxes in the UK, you most probably won't have to pay taxes in Poland but you need to tell the tax office that you are paying those taxes and you need to prove that the taxes are paid.

But with all this said, I have no idea why you don't just set yourself up as a dzielnosc gospodarcza in Poland, invoice your UK employer and then only pay 19% tax (with lots of deductibles!).

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


UK certainly sets a time limit. Ten years outside UK I think it is.

Poland, however, gives the vote to people who have never been to Poland and whose parents and grandparents have never been to Poland. Tell me that that is defensible!

UK, Ireland / Getting the most from my hard earned money (transfer money from England to Poland) [41]

No real need to worry: as long as one reports oneself to the tax office and expresses active regret, there is no fine (but one does have to pay the tax owed).

Also, set up as a one-person company in Poland and the tax rate is only 19%, which is a lot less than I'd pay in the UK!

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


Yes, but are the Polonia who have been in the USA for more than a few decades the ones who are voting?

And if they are, doesn't that make it even more indefensible that they are allowed to vote after having lived in the USA for 40 years?!

UK, Ireland / Getting the most from my hard earned money (transfer money from England to Poland) [41]

Doesn't matter: from what you say, the Polish tax authorities will class you as a resident for tax purposes.

UK, Ireland / Getting the most from my hard earned money (transfer money from England to Poland) [41]


Because you are a Polish resident for taxation purposes and so have tax liability in Poland.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


Cracking beer down there too.

Love / Should I bring gifts? - help with a Polish wedding [46]

Or just leave the receipt in the box and make sure that the store allows returns.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


I actually very much like those parts of Poland and spend pretty much all of my holidays there. Nice places and great people. You should go check it out.


That could well be the reason. Polonia do tend to have a lot of misguided (i.e. totally wrong) beliefs about Poland.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]

Comparing the 'Polish'-Americans here with the Poles in Warsaw who also hold US citizenship might also lead one to that assumption.

UK, Ireland / EEA family permit from Poland to UK - time and process [60]


You need to contact the British embassy in Vilnius.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


Where did I say that people who live in the USA are stupid and those who live in Poland are even slightly smarter?

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


You might have something there. Let's face it, PiS voters are more likely to be both less intelligent and more selfish than average and people who think that they retain the right to say how the Polish taxpayer's money is spent even though they themselves refuse to contribute in the slightest are also more likely to be both less intelligent and more selfish than average.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]

That certainly is not what I see in Warsaw.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


While all of that is obviously true, the point made by Des Esseintes does hold: we are not talking about the 'Polish'-Americans here, we are talking about Polonia proper.

Given that that is the case, perhaps my suggestion that the best and the brightest of Polonia moved back to Poland in the 1990s explains the current political views in Polonia?

Love / Should I bring gifts? - help with a Polish wedding [46]

Tacky or not (I personally see the logic of giving money at a wedding), it is what is done in Poland.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


If US Polonia was in step with Poles, 3 out of 10 member of Polonia would have voted PiS. But 8 out of 10 actually voted PiS, nearly three times as many as would have voted PiS if Polonia reflected how Poland voted as a whole.

So why is it that Polonia was so overwhelming in its support of a party that couldn't even get the votes of one in three Poles? Is it that the best and brightest of Polonia returned to Poland (as I suggest) or that only the poorer and less educated left Poland in the first place (as peterweg believes) or is there something else which makes the voting Polonia so different (in terms of political views) to Poles?

UK, Ireland / Getting the most from my hard earned money (transfer money from England to Poland) [41]

Why not open a GBP account here and get paid into that?

As for rates, you're getting a fairly reasonable one there but a good kantor will only take 3 points (0.03zl). You could take your cash out in GBP and then change it with the kantor before putting it back into a PLN account and using that account for your debit card and cash point card.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


Do think that you could possibly go a whole day without insulting posters here?


Here we are discussing the ones who do vote in Polish elections. Perhaps instead of simply insulting people here, you would care to address the issue raised by peterweg " Why do they have such radical views so out of step with the Polish population who will be affected by the vote."? Do you agree with his theory that "Maybe its demographics, the poorer, less educated who emigrated?" or do you agree with my theory that the richer and better educated returned to Poland or do you have another explanation? Or do you just want to throw insults around again today?