PL
Ukształtowanie terenu istotnie wpływa na potencjał produkcyjny rolnictwa, ale również na dochody gmin z tytułu podatku rolnego. Dlatego też w opracowaniu podjęto próbę oceny i porównania znaczenia podatku rolnego w dochodach gmin. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono ocenie zróżnicowania występującego pomiędzy gminami zlokalizowanymi w Karpatach Polskich.
EN
The article aimed to assess the share of the agricultural tax in communes' own incomes and presentation of the Carpathian communes' diversification according to the role which agricultural tax plays in their incomes. Communes' incomes from the agricultural tax are growing systematically. Despite a considerable increase in rye prices during the investigated period of time and including in this tax arable lands which do not form a part of agricultural farms, the importance of incomes from the agricultural tax has been decreasing systematically, which results from a greater dynamics of incomes derived from the other sources. While planning changes in the agricultural tax system, mechanisms considering a different situation in agricultural communes and in those situated in the mountain areas should be considered. Disregarding their specificity will cause further growth of the disproportions in the income level and therefore in the development level between the rich and poor communes.