334 result(s) for tax authority
Xpat Opinion: Corruption Cases Eroding Faith
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:It’s about time someone looked into Péter Juhász’s allegations. According to the fifth district councilman, his own local government has been giving away real estate at fabulous discounts to friends of the people in power for years now.
State Audit Office Finds Problems At Tax Authority
- 12 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The State Audit Office (ÁSZ) has found discrepancies at the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) during a recent screening, ÁSZ told MTI. The shortcomings identified were under the headings of internal regulations, up-to-date management tools, risk management and the paper trail system in audits, ÁSZ said in a statement.
Justice CTTEE Decides Against Parliamentary Probe Of VAT Fraud
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Parliament’s justice committee voted against a proposal by opposition LMP to form an investigative committee to examine VAT fraud over the last eight years. LMP’s co-leader András Schiffer had wanted the investigation to focus on whether personnel changes within the tax authority since 2007 had meant VAT fraud had gone undetected.
Film Production Boon For Hungary
- 10 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Spending on film production in Hungary as a percentage of economic output is by far the highest in Europe. Hungary provided the production base for 250 movies and television films in 2010-2014, the media authority (NMHH) reported, commenting on European Audiovisual Observatory data. Productions averaged 46 billion forints (EUR 151m) each year over the period.
Thousands March In Budapest Against Corruption
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand protesters marched through the streets of Budapest today against official corruption. Protest organizer, Budapest District 5 assemblyman Péter Juhász, told protesters to devote the next twenty days to uncovering corruption in their immediate vicinity “then let’s organize a country-wide protest.” A number of civil and political opposition leaders addressed demonstrators before and ...
US-Owned Companies Treated Equally With Other Firms, Says Tax Office
- 5 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
US-affiliated companies in Hungary are treated equally with other, non-US, firms, the national tax and customs authority (NAV) said in a report published on the government’s website. The report followed an investigation launched in the wake of press reports suggesting that NAV conducted illegal procedures and in some cases failed to launch procedures causing the central budget VAT-revenue losses ...
Tax Officer Killed, Another Seriously Injured In SE Budapest
- 24 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A tax officer was stabbed to death while his partner was seriously injured in southeast Budapest. According to a joint statement from the economy ministry and tax authority NAV, the two officers were doing their job when they were attacked.
Authority Seizes 417 Kilos Of Drugs At Serbian Border
- 24 Feb 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities seized 417 kilos of drugs from a Dutch van at the Röszke border crossing with Serbia, the tax office said. The 410 packs of illicit drug, believed to be marijuana, was discovered in a secret compartment of the vehicle’s trailer.
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Xpat Opinion: Corruption Cases Eroding Faith
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:It’s about time someone looked into Péter Juhász’s allegations. According to the fifth district councilman, his own local government has been giving away real estate at fabulous discounts to friends of the people in power for years now.
State Audit Office Finds Problems At Tax Authority
- 12 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The State Audit Office (ÁSZ) has found discrepancies at the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) during a recent screening, ÁSZ told MTI. The shortcomings identified were under the headings of internal regulations, up-to-date management tools, risk management and the paper trail system in audits, ÁSZ said in a statement.
Justice CTTEE Decides Against Parliamentary Probe Of VAT Fraud
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Parliament’s justice committee voted against a proposal by opposition LMP to form an investigative committee to examine VAT fraud over the last eight years. LMP’s co-leader András Schiffer had wanted the investigation to focus on whether personnel changes within the tax authority since 2007 had meant VAT fraud had gone undetected.
Film Production Boon For Hungary
- 10 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Spending on film production in Hungary as a percentage of economic output is by far the highest in Europe. Hungary provided the production base for 250 movies and television films in 2010-2014, the media authority (NMHH) reported, commenting on European Audiovisual Observatory data. Productions averaged 46 billion forints (EUR 151m) each year over the period.
Thousands March In Budapest Against Corruption
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand protesters marched through the streets of Budapest today against official corruption. Protest organizer, Budapest District 5 assemblyman Péter Juhász, told protesters to devote the next twenty days to uncovering corruption in their immediate vicinity “then let’s organize a country-wide protest.” A number of civil and political opposition leaders addressed demonstrators before and ...
US-Owned Companies Treated Equally With Other Firms, Says Tax Office
- 5 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- business
US-affiliated companies in Hungary are treated equally with other, non-US, firms, the national tax and customs authority (NAV) said in a report published on the government’s website. The report followed an investigation launched in the wake of press reports suggesting that NAV conducted illegal procedures and in some cases failed to launch procedures causing the central budget VAT-revenue losses ...
Tax Officer Killed, Another Seriously Injured In SE Budapest
- 24 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A tax officer was stabbed to death while his partner was seriously injured in southeast Budapest. According to a joint statement from the economy ministry and tax authority NAV, the two officers were doing their job when they were attacked.
Authority Seizes 417 Kilos Of Drugs At Serbian Border
- 24 Feb 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities seized 417 kilos of drugs from a Dutch van at the Röszke border crossing with Serbia, the tax office said. The 410 packs of illicit drug, believed to be marijuana, was discovered in a secret compartment of the vehicle’s trailer.
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]