{"id":15098,"date":"2026-07-21T21:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/council-of-ministers-meets-on-july-21-2026-doctor-pay-caps-excise-duty-and-bills\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:35:31","slug":"council-of-ministers-meets-on-july-21-2026-doctor-pay-caps-excise-duty-and-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/council-of-ministers-meets-on-july-21-2026-doctor-pay-caps-excise-duty-and-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of Ministers Meets on July 21, 2026: Doctor Pay Caps, Excise Duty, and Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chaired by Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the Council of Ministers debated a legislative reform package covering healthcare earnings, excise taxes, and business deregulation.  <\/p>\n<h4>Healthcare Reform: Upper Earning Limit and E-Queue<\/h4>\n<p>The government listened to a briefing by Health Minister Jolanta Sobiera\u0144ska-Grenda on the status of work regarding the package of changes in the public healthcare system, with the most important announced solutions including earnings regulations.<\/p>\n<h4>Higher Excise Duty on E-Cigarettes and Vaping Devices<\/h4>\n<p>A draft amendment to the excise duty act, prepared by the Ministry of Finance, assumes the raising of tax rates on innovative products and devices.<\/p>\n<h4>Income Tax Deregulation (PIT and CIT)<\/h4>\n<p>The draft amendment to the PIT and CIT acts introduces formal simplifications for entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<h4>Digitalization of Procedures in Goods and Services Tax (VAT)<\/h4>\n<p>The draft amendment to the VAT act aims to streamline and computerize settlements.<\/p>\n<h4>Free e-Register in Primary Schools<\/h4>\n<p>The proposed amendment to the Education Law assumes the creation of a uniform, nationwide digital system for education.<\/p>\n<h4>Law on the System of Common Courts: Judges&#8217; Service After Age 65<\/h4>\n<p>The first of the Ministry of Justice drafts concerns changes to the judiciary structure.<\/p>\n<p>The second Ministry of Justice draft introduces improvements to the course of court trials.<\/p>\n<h4>Transposition of EU Directive in the Water Law<\/h4>\n<p>The draft amendment to the Water Law implements European Commission requirements regarding bathing water quality.<\/p>\n<h4>Strengthening Security: Special Event Status<\/h4>\n<p>The MSWiA draft concerning the amendment to the anti-terrorism actions act introduces new protection tools.<\/p>\n<h4>Special Act for the 26th World Scout Jamboree 2027 in Gda\u0144sk<\/h4>\n<p>The government considered a draft act regulating the organization of the international youth gathering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaired by Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the Council of Ministers debated a legislative reform package covering healthcare earnings, excise taxes, and business deregulation. Healthcare Reform: Upper Earning Limit and E-Queue The government listened to a briefing by Health Minister Jolanta Sobiera\u0144ska-Grenda on the status of work regarding the package of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}