Ryanair Could Be Fined Five Million Euros The high number of complaints has led the Minister for Consumer Protection to order an extraordinary investigation into Ryanair's practices,... 2022.06.22.
Ryanair Denounced by Safe Society Foundation The Budapest Committee of the Safe Society Foundation, which also deals with consumer protection regulation, has denounced Ryanair for displaying... 2022.06.21.
Ryanair Calls Hungarian Windfall Taxes ‘Unjustified’ and ‘Ill-Advised’ Ryanair called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government on Wednesday to scrap the new tax levied on departing passengers as... 2022.06.09.
Trade Association Says Extra Profit Tax Cannot Be Interpreted in Current Form The Hungarian Trade Association (OKSZ) wants to reach an agreement with the government to ensure the safety of goods, as... 2022.05.30.
Press Roundup: Opposing Takes on Government’s Windfall Taxes A liberal news site predicts that the newly announced special taxes will trigger an infringement procedure by the European Commission.... 2022.05.28.
GKI CEO on Govt’s Windfall Taxes: ‘No Such Thing as Extra Profit’ According to the CEO of GKI Economic Research Zrt., there is no such thing as extra profit, and he does... 2022.05.27.
700 Workers May Be Affected by Layoff at Tesco Hungary According to Tesco, the realignment is only technical, however trade unions believe there will certainly be some out of the... 2020.07.21.
ECJ Rules in Favour of Hungary in Infringement Procedure on Utility Fees The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Hungary's law on utility fees does not violate European Union regulations... 2020.07.20.
DK Calls on Government to Scrap Special Retail Tax The left-wing opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) on Saturday called on the government to scrap a special tax on retail firms,... 2020.05.30.
Coronavirus: Opposition Proposal on Taxing Hungary’s ‘Wealthiest Oligarchs’ Rejected by Parl’t Cmte The Fidesz majority of Parliament’s Committee on Economics rejected a supertax proposal by opposition MPs aimed at the wealthiest businessmen... 2020.05.14.
‘Temporary Coronavirus Tax’ on Big Retail Companies Becomes Permanent in Final Legislation Not long after the government issued a decree levying an extraordinary tax on large companies to offset the impact of... 2020.04.30.
EU Court: Tax on Google Lawful While Hungarian Penalty System Is Not The system of penalties relating to the Hungarian tax on advertising is not compatible with EU law, the Luxembourg-based Court... 2020.03.04.
Hungary’s Sectoral Taxes Compatible with EU Law, says EU Court Hungarian special taxes on the turnover of telecommunications and retail companies were compatible with EU law, the Luxembourg court said... 2020.03.03.
CJEU: Hungary to Lose Google Lawsuit? An advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has said in an opinion that fines... 2019.09.13.
Lawmakers Vote on Tax Changes Lawmakers on Friday approved tax changes earlier announced as part of expanded support for families and a package of tax... 2019.07.12.
European Court Okays Hungary Advertisement Tax The European Court of Justice on Thursday annulled a European Commission decision which had declared the Hungarian advertisement tax incompatible... 2019.06.27.
Govt Official: Hungary’s Migration Policy Reason for Venice Commission Assessment The Venice Commission is assessing a law on Hungary's migration tax, a government official said on Thursday, because the country's... 2018.11.16.
Banks Expected To Boost Lending In Exchange For Reduction Of Sectoral Tax Revenue from the bank levy will decline by around 60 billion forints (EUR 194m) in 2016 and 22 billion in... 2015.02.11.
