Day 79: Four Tax-Free Years
In a pub in Bartoszyce, Dagmara (A) and Sabina (C) catch up with an old school friend (B), who has just moved back after ten years in Cork, Ireland.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Polish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Polish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A
To prawda, że jako powracający emigrant przez cztery lata nie będziesz płacił podatku dochodowego?
Is it true that as a returning emigrant you won't pay any income tax for four years?
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B
Do pewnego limitu, ale tak. To się nazywa ulga na powrót.
Up to a limit, but yes. It's called the return relief.
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C
Państwo chce odzyskać ludzi, którzy wyjechali, bo w wielu branżach brakuje rąk do pracy.
The state wants to win back the people who left, because a lot of industries are short of workers.
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A
A my, od dziesięciu lat uczciwie płacący tu podatki, nie zasłużyliśmy nawet na podziękowanie?
And those of us who've been honestly paying our taxes here for ten years don't even deserve a thank-you?
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B
Wyjechawszy za chlebem, nie byłem na waszych weselach ani nawet na pogrzebie własnego dziadka. Tego mi żadna ulga nie zwróci.
Having gone abroad to earn a living, I missed your weddings and even my own grandad's funeral. No tax relief will give me that back.
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C
Ty też możesz z niej skorzystać, o ile ją przedłużą. Wystarczy trzy pełne lata kalendarzowe mieszkać za granicą.
You could claim it too, as long as they extend it. All you have to do is live abroad for three full calendar years.
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A
Trzy lata na zmywaku w Cork w zamian za cztery bez podatku? KuszÄ…ca oferta.
Three years washing dishes in Cork in exchange for four without tax? What a tempting offer.
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B
Ja też jechałem tylko na trzy lata, a wróciłem po dziesięciu.
I was only going for three years too, and I came back after ten.
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