Podatkowi

Podatkowi is the dative singular form of the Polish noun podatek, which means tax. In Polish, nouns decline for case, number, and gender, and podatkowi corresponds to the indirect object in a sentence.

It is used when the tax is the recipient, beneficiary, or target of an action, or when a sentence requires the dative case after certain verbs or prepositions. The form is most common in formal or official texts, including legal, administrative, and financial writing.

Declension of podatek in singular: nominative podatek, genitive podatku, dative podatkowi, accusative podatek, instrumental podatkiem, locative podatku, vocative podatku. The noun podatek is masculine and inanimate; podatkowi is its standard dative singular form.

Note the distinction from the adjective podatkowy, meaning tax-related. Podatkowi is not an adjective form used for descriptions; it is a noun form used to express the indirect object in the dative case. In Polish, the adjective podatkowy declines separately (for example, nominative masculine singular is podatkowy) and does not substitute for the noun’s dative form.

In usage, podatkowi appears in sentences where the tax itself or a related entity is the beneficiary or recipient of an action, within tax discourse, law, and administrative language.