Does your Hungarian business issue receipts? If yes, do you do it by a cash register machine or by another method? If you report receipts manually, watch out: reporting deadlines are getting shorter from September 2026. At the same time, with the availability of new tools, now might be a good time to upgrade your workflows.
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Personal income tax is levied on all kinds of income a natural person earns. In Hungary, it is 15% regardless of how much someone earns, but various tax benefits are available based on age, marital status, disability, and other factors.
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Social security contribution is supposed to cover social services in Hungary including pensions, allowances, and public healthcare. It is most obvious as a payroll tax at 18.5% of the gross salary, which employers deduct and forward to the authorities on behalf of their employees. At the same time, it is also paid by self-employed people, and sometimes its rate may be higher due to minimum expectations.
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Here at Helpers we are trying to make Hungarian administration easier to navigate. Now we have created a new page listing taxes relevant to most Hungarian companies so that company owners can get a quick overview of what to expect when setting up their business in Hungary.
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Update to banking in Hungary: Revolut has opened its Hungarian branch office and has been migrating the accounts of its Hungarian clients to Hungarian bank accounts. This offers better options to both retail and business clients. At the same time, your Hungarian company will still need a Hungarian corporate bank account for compliant operation.
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A double taxation treaty is an agreement between two countries that lets them protect their tax residents from paying taxes twice after the same income – something that might happen if rules of taxation are applied without discretion.
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Extended Producer Responsibility is the concept that manufacturers and distributors are responsible for the entire life cycle of a product, not just up till the point of sale. In line with this, EPR charge is a type of tax that is supposed to cover costs of the treatment of products at the end of their life cycle, namely, waste management and recycling.
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If you own a Hungarian company, you cannot just withdraw cash from its business account and do with it what you want. The company is a separate legal entity, and its money is technically not your money anymore. Every cash withdrawal from a company needs to be justified and documented.
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The EU is preparing to overhaul its customs management system. The main point is to reduce the unfair competitive edge some (typically Asian) e-commerce platforms have over European manufacturers and sellers. As a first step, from July 1, 2026, a EUR 3 customs duty will be introduced on shipments worth below EUR 150 which have been duty-free so far (only local VAT has been mandatory for them).
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The EU directive on pay transparency is supposed to be implemented by June 7, 2026 in all member states. Because of the recent general elections and change of regime in Hungary, the introduction of the new regulations will probably be delayed. However, Hungarian companies should still prepare for the new obligations.
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