As many as 511 public associations, foundations, private institutions and 83 religious organizations were registered at the Ministry of Justice as beneficiaries of the 2% Law for 2018.
In the period earmarked for submitting registration applications (September 2017), applications were filed by 106 public associations and 12 religious organizations. The applications of seven organizations were rejected, the Ministry of Justice said in a response to an inquiry made by IPN.
Since the list started to be compiled, 11 beneficiaries were excluded either because they asked for this or because they didn’t meet the eligibility conditions, which is they had debt to the national public budget. The list of beneficiary public associations and religious organizations is available on the Ministry of Justice’s website. The new claimants submit applications for registration during September 1 – 30 of each year.
Under the Law on Public Associations, which is called the 2% Law, the private individuals can direct 2% of the income tax paid to the state to a nongovernmental organization or a religious one. Even if the law provides that the money can be spent only for particular purposes, the press services of the Ministry of Justice and the State Tax Service have told IPN that the institutions do not have the power to check how the sums transferred to the given organizations are spent.
