Tomasz Skica | Robert Pater
pages: 36-50, JEL classification: H3, H5, H10, Key words: finanse publiczne, deficyt budżetowy, deficyt sektora finansów publicznych, Abstract: The article is an attempt to diagnose the current condition of public finances in Poland. The authors have adopted the goal of analyzing the impact of financial crisis on the condition of domestic public finances, referring to the results of findings of indexes describing public finance in European Union countries. The article is a view of domestic comparisons of the current situation of public finances against the background of crisis that affected the economy of each of the EU countries. The article evaluates and examines the scale and the impact of the consequences of the crisis on the condition of public finances in Poland, pointing to threats that influence the stability of the financial system as an effect of abandonments to reform of public finances.