Studia Administracyjne

Tax credits have been a very important component of the tax law system since Poland’s entry into free-market economy. In view of the constant legislative changes, as well as the constant development of new technologies, the author of this article decided to carry out a study in order to determine whether tax credits are a useful tool for improving the innovativeness of the activities of Polish entrepreneurs. For the purposes of this article, the method of interpretation of the binding Polish tax law was used. After separating the studied period (1989−2022) into three sub-periods (1989−2016, 2016−2021, 2021−2022), it was noted that as the economy developed and the number of tax credits increased, the innovation measured by Poland’s place in the ranking of “The Global Innovation Index” and the amount of money spent on R&D activities provided annually by the Central Statistical Office has increased. On the basis of the following research it has been proved that tax credits are a significant tool that increases the innovativeness of economic activity in our country, even though it is not the only factor that facilitates it.