Accounting and Finance

2020 has just started, and the new regulation for Hungarian payroll taxes and salaries are in. The most significant change is the increase of the minimum wage.
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Employ disadvantaged workers and reduce the payroll taxes your Hungarian company pays to make your Hungarian operation more cost-effective.
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As of 1 July 2019 the Employer’s payroll tax decreased from 21% to 19%. This is thanks to the decrease of the social contribution tax from 19.5% to 17.5%, as it is a major element of the payroll tax (the other is the vocational training contribution tax at 1.5%).
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If you own a Hungarian company, you have to pay certain taxes and contributions after the dividend you take based on whether or not you are a tax resident in Hungary.
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Calculating the taxes on dividend and dividend advance is a complex task, so make sure to ask your accountant or payroll specialist to advise you on your specific case before you take dividend from your Hungarian company.
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In general, the costs related to a business trip are accepted as business costs in Hungary, and as such are deductible from the corporate tax. Some expenses, however, are subject to the so called “representation tax”.
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Company owners are allowed to take dividend from the profit of the company. From 2019 January, regulations on dividend tax change: instead of the health contribution, a social contribution tax is to be paid to the tax authority.
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Some fringe benefits used to have a tax rate of 40.71% until the end of 2018. Starting from 2019, both the employer and the employee pays the regular payroll and income taxes on them.
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Hungarian payroll taxes and salaries were modified the end of December, but they are already valid for January. Following the same trend as last year, the minimum wage has been increased, while the employer’s payroll taxes remained the same.
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If you operate a company, sooner or later you will need employees. We have already wrote about what to keep in mind when making a new hire – now let’s see the various scenarios for terminating employment.
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