Serbia announces protocol to 2001 DTA with Hungary takes effect
The amending protocol to the tax treaty between Serbia and Hungary has entered into force. The Serbian Official Gazette made the announcement on 18 March 2025. It stated that the protocol to the 2001 double tax agreement (DTA) between Hungary and
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Hungary: Tax Authority releases 2025 audit plan
Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) has published its audit plan for 2025 on 11 March 2025, outlining priorities for tax, customs and law enforcement controls. The plan focuses on securing budget revenues through measures aimed
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Switzerland: National Council approves tax treaties with Angola and Jordan, amending protocols with Germany and Hungary
The Swiss National Council (Nationalrat) approved the ratification of income tax treaties with Angola, Jordan, and amending protocols with Germany, and Hungary on 5 March 2025. The tax treaty with Angola was signed on 30 November 2023. The treaty
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Hungary: Economy minister seeks review of global minimum tax
Hungary's National Economy Minister, Márton Nagy, has called for a reassessment of the global minimum tax following the Trump administration's decision to withdraw the US from its commitment to the OECD Global Tax Deal, also known as the two-pillar
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Hungary: EU approves reverse charge extension for insolvency supplies
Hungary has announced that the EU Council Implementing Decision 2024/3209 of 23 December 2024 has approved the extension of the reverse charge mechanism under the VAT Directive (2006/112) until 31 December 2026. This applies to supplies of capital
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Hungary tightens import VAT deduction rules from March 2025
Hungary will implement stricter import value-added tax (VAT) deduction regulations for indirect customs representatives from 1 March 2025. The amendment requires importers to file monthly VAT returns and avoid being classified as “risky
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Hungary raises VAT exemption limit to HUF 18 million for small businesses
Hungary’s tax authority has published guidance on increasing the VAT exemption threshold for small businesses from HUF 12 million to HUF 18 million. The increase was established by Government Decree No. 5/2025 and published in the Official
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Hungary delays mandatory e-invoicing for energy sector to July 2025
Hungary’s government has amended Government Decree 273/2007 (X. 19.) and Government Decree 19/2009 (I. 30.), which delays the e-invoicing requirement for electricity and gas supplied to nonresidential customers. Electronic invoicing
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Hungary to negotiate new tax treaty with US
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has authorised negotiations for a new income tax treaty with the US. The new tax treaty between the two nations is aimed at avoiding and preventing double taxation in the field of income taxes. In July
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Hungary clarifies place of supply rules for online events
Hungary’s tax authority has published a summary of new place of supply rules for VAT for online events on 2 January 2025. The summary clarifies that the place of supply for services granting access to cultural, artistic, scientific,
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Hungary to launch small business VAT regime in 2025
The Hungarian tax authority has issued a notice on 10 December 2024 regarding the new Small Enterprises (SME) VAT scheme for small businesses under Council Directive (EU) 2020/285. The SME will take effect on 1 January 2025. Under the new scheme,
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Hungary publishes updated GloBE data sheet
Hungary’s Tax and Customs Agency has released the updated version of the GloBE data sheet on 5 December 2024. The data sheet features technical enhancements and detailed field definitions to simplify XML completion and includes a User
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Serbia ratifies amending protocol to tax treaty with Hungary
Serbia has published the Law of 11/28/24 in its Official Gazette ratifying the protocol to the 2001 income and capital tax treaty with Hungary on 3 December 2024. Earlier, Hungary and Serbia signed an amending protocol to the Hungary-Serbia
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Hungary scraps several windfall taxes on profits, adjusts and extends others
Hungary issued the Government Decree 356/2024 in the Official Gazette on 21 November 2024, amending Government Decree 197/2022 on temporary windfall taxes on additional profits. The Decree also scraps some windfall taxes while modifies and extends
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OECD: Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany sign agreement to share digital platform income information
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced that the Czech Republic, Germany, and Hungary have signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Automatic Exchange of Information on Income Earned
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Hungary, US: CbCR agreement comes into force
The Hungary-United States Agreement on the Automatic Exchange of Country-by-Country Reports (CbCR) (2024) came into effect on 25 November 2024. The newly approved agreement will succeed the 2018 IGA which ended on 8 January 2023. Earlier,
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Switzerland: Federal Council adopts dispatch on amendment of DTA with Hungary
The Swiss Federal Council announced the adoption of the proposal to approve the protocol to amend the 2012 income and capital tax treaty with Hungary on 22 November 2024. It implements the OECD's minimum standards from the base erosion and profit
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Hungary ratifies amending protocol to the income and capital tax treaty with Serbia
The President of Hungary has enacted Law No. XLV of 2024, ratifying the amending protocol to the Hungary-Serbia Income and Capital Tax Treaty (2001). The law was published in Official Gazette Magyar Közlöny No. 113 on 13 November
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