Reminder – foreign bank accounts
According to the Act CL of 2017 on the Rules of Taxation 271§ (16), the taxpayers shall register their foreign bank accounts valid on 1st January 2018 with the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary.
The deadline of the announcement is 31th January 2018. We kindly remind you to fulfil your obligation by the deadline, if it is applicable and you have foreign bank account.
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In September 2017 Government Decree 250 of 2017. (IX.5.) entered into force, modifying certain healthcare, health insurance and pharmaceutics related government decrees.
On 7 September 2017 Government Decree 250 of 2017. (IX.5.) regarding the modification of certain healthcare, health insurance and pharmaceutics related government decrees entered into force, hereby modifying the Government Decree 235 of 2009. (X.20.) („Government Decree”) regarding the rules of the authorization procedure of medical research, clinical trials of products intended for human use, as well as the clinical trials of medical devices for human use, intended for clinical trials.
The changes of the Government Decree entering into force on 1 January 2018 concern the modification of the research and examination project. In the Hungarian text a slight difference can be found in the wording between the previous version and the one entering into force.
As a new provision entering into force on 1 February 2018 the Government Decree regulates the authorization of research involving ionizing radiation, the serves compliance with EU legal acts (Euratom).
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The amendments of the Act No LXXXV. of 2011 on the environmental product tax. The regulation of the environmental product tax has been amended with effect from 2016. In this newsletter we would like to draw the attention to the main changes as follows:
1. Payment obligation of the environmental product tax:
a) Inventory purchase: According to the latest amendments to the act on the environmental product tax, the payment of the environmental product tax is mandatory not only in case of placing on the market or using for own purpose such products, but also in case of purchasing them for inventory, if the obliged person chooses the date of the purchasing for inventory as the date when his payment obligation arises, and he notifies the tax authority within 15 calendar days from the beginning of the activity or in case of continuous function until 31 of January of the current year, about his choice.
b) Packaging waste: The range of the obliged persons has also been extended. Thus, the person who puts the packaging material which has been produced abroad on the Hungarian market at the first time, and the first inland holder of the packaging waste formed from the unwrapped packaging, will be also obliged to pay the environmental product tax. The latter provision will be notable especially for logistic centres.
c) So-called triangle transactions: In accordance with the amendment, an obligation for paying environmental product tax does not arise in case of selling an environmental product to an inland purchaser, if after that the product will be delivered or dispatched abroad. The condition of this was previously that the seller himself had to deliver or dispatch the product.
2. Default surcharge:
The default surcharge has been implemented in the act as a new provision, which has to be calculated on the basis of the provisions of the act on the taxation in case of late payment or incomplete payment of the environmental product tax. Also, in case of undue use of budget supports a default surcharge has to be paid after the amount and period defined in the act.
3. Definitions:
The amendments affected the definitions of the act as well. Definitions such as packaging, commercial packaging, commercial packaging material, flat rate of product tax (among others) have been supplemented. Further, the range of the definitions has also been extended with the terms element of the packaging, component of the packaging, part of the packaging, packaging waste, building product, motor vehicle, craft products, crafting activity, large industrial tool, deficit of the product tax, margin of the product tax, product tax debt, tariff heading.
4. Others:
Further to the above, the detailed rules regarding the flat rate of the product tax, the measure of the efficiency of waste management, product tax recovery and the product tax penalty have been clarified by the latest amendment.
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The new Hungarian Act CXLIII of 2015 on the Public Procurement has entered into force. The new Act implements and harmonise the national public procurement rules with EU public procurement directives. To all public procurement initiated after 1 November 2015 the new rules shall be applied.
As result of the tax changes adopted at the end of last year, new tax regulations have entered into force as of 1 January 2015. The aim of this newsletter is to provide you with a brief introduction of these changes which may affect both employers and employees as well.
Tax burden of fringe benefits and of certain specific benefits
The scope of the fringe benefits that may be given to employees under the provisions of the Hungarian Personal Income Tax Act (“PIT Act”) has remained unchanged, but the annual limit of the fringe benefits subject to a preferential tax burden (35, 7%) has been decreased compared to annual limit applicable in 2014, from HUF 500 000 to HUF 200 000/ year.
As a consequence of the above, from January 1, 2015 the tax burden of the fringe benefits not exceeding the value of HUF 200 000 will remain unchanged (i.e. the value of the benefit multiplied with 1,19, after which 16% personal income tax and 14% healthcare contribution shall be paid, amounting in an overall 35,7% tax burden). The benefits provided in excess of the above value, according to the PIT Act shall qualify as certain specific benefits subject to a higher tax burden of 51,17% (i.e. the value of the benefit multiplied with 1,19 after which 16% personal income tax and 27% healthcare contribution shall be paid).
As an exception to the above, the law provides that in respect of the money allowances provided by the employer on Recreational Card (in Hungarian: „SZÉP kártya”) – the preferential tax burden rate of 35,7% shall continue to be applied even if such value exceeds the value of HUF 200 000 but remains under the limit of HUF 450 000, the latter defined as the annual recreational limit.
It is worth mentioning that in order to fall within the scope of the preferential tax burden rate (35,7%) a combination of fringe benefits and allowances given on Recreational Card is also an option in the sense that the employer may provide fringe benefits within a value of maximum HUF 200 000 plus further allowances may be allocated on Recreational Card for a further amount of HUF 250 000 (without exceeding the annual recreational limit defined above).
The new tax regulation also clarifies that students employed via school cooperations, shall be entitled to fringe benefits falling under the scope of the PIT Act under the same conditions as the employees employed by the employers who are hiring students as well.
Family allowances and tax allowances to first married couples
In 2015 the amount of family allowances introduced in the previous years, will remain the same, thus the allowances per one dependent shall amount up to HUF 62500, and in case of three of more dependents shall amount up to HUF 206 500, nevertheless the law provides that, from 2016 the amount of the family allowances granted for families with two dependents shall increase gradually within the consecutive four calendar years up to HUF 125 000.
Additionally, in the frame of the newly introduced changes, the category of persons entitled to family allowances and the category of persons receiving such tax statements has been also expanded, and further administrative requirements have been introduced in the sense that if parents will wish to take in advantage of such allowances, when completing their tax statement for 2015 shall also indicate the tax number of the dependents, as for the future the indication of other personal data (such as name, mother’s maiden name, address, place and date of birth) shall not be sufficient. Thus parents will be required to submit a request to the tax authority for obtaining a tax number for their dependants, if the dependants do not have a tax number.
Pursuant to the provisions of the PIT Act, as from January 1, 2015 every paying agent although not qualifying as employer who shall provide regular income to employees (especially monthly or weekly salary, service fee, royalty, compensation for personal contribution, other allowances) shall be obliged to assess the amount of the monthly family allowance. Thus a Principal /Assignor paying a regular monthly fee to the Agent/ Assignee on a contractual basis shall also be regarded as a paying agent.
A new category of tax allowances has also been introduced, for which first married couples are eligible who got married after December 31, 2014, provided that at least one of the spouses has its first marriage.
The above tax allowance may be used prior the use of family allowances, by which the first married couples may reduce their payable tax with an amount of HUF 5000 (reflected on a tax base level this means that the overall income could be this decreased with a total amount of HUF 31250.
First married couples are eligible for the tax allowance as from the first month following the month in which they got married for a duration of maximum 24 months, but not later than the month from which the eligibility for family tax allowance has arisen. If within the period of 24 months the marriage breaks up, the tax allowance shall no longer apply.
The couple may take advantage of the above tax allowance either by sharing it, or individually (just one of them). As a precondition for obtaining such tax allowance a joint tax declaration of the couples shall be required, by indicating the tax numbers of the spouses. clearly specifying which one of them will take advantage of the tax allowance as well as their decision on sharing such tax allowance.
Travel orders issued under the PIT Act
The definition of travel orders has also been changed, according to which beside the previously used paper-based travel orders, from now on electronic travel orders processed and stored under the conditions required by law, or any electronic supporting document relating hereto shall also be accepted.
Temporary agency workers
Within the meaning or article 24 subsection 3 of the PIT Act, as from January 1, 2015 for the case when temporary employee are employed in Hungary via a foreign temporary agency, the acquiring Hungarian company may act as employer in respect of the income provided to the temporary employee, thus the law provides for the possibility that the tax obligations regarding the assessment and declaration of personal income tax may be fulfilled by the Hungarian acquiring company.
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This article contains only general information, thus by its nature it shall not constitute as legal advice nor a substitute for and the information provided herein may not be regarded as complete.
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