1,017 result(s) for tax bill
RTL Group Files Complaint With EC Over Hungary Ad Tax
- 17 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Luxembourg-based RTL Group filed an official complaint with the European Commission on Thursday over Hungary’s new tax on the advertising revenues of media outlets. RTL argues that the tax is “confiscatory” in that it aims to collect 80% of the tax (HUF 4,5 billion or USD 18,7 million) from an independent media group possessing just 13.5% market share.
Hungary’s Opposition Parties Slam Govt Plans
- 16 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition politicians savaged the government’s economic policies ahead of the budget vote. Socialist lawmaker Sándor Burány said that the budget was based on tax rises which had a common theme: the government was taxing everything it possibly could. The Socialist head of parliament’s budget committee said the government’s goal was to safeguard the deficit target while paying for “prestige ...
Hungarian Govt: No Risks In 2015 Budget
- 12 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Government officials have said there were no risks in the 2015 budget, noting that the budget had not taken into account the some 300 billion forints (EUR 980m) in profit the National Bank of Hungary is expected to generate and saying there was fiscal room for a number of big investments.
Hungary's Sovereignty Must Be Protected, Prime Minister Says
- 8 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
National sovereignty consists of energy, financial and trade independence, Prime Minister Orbán pointed out in Kossuth Radio’s morning interview, adding he regards Senator McCain’s recent claims as “extremist”. Viktor Orbán also noted Hungary’s national sovereignty is far more important than dealing with such statements.
New Statutes Might Reduce Market Share Of Foreign-Owned Food Retailers
- 4 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government is about to use legal measures to reduce the market share of foreign-owned retail chain stores in Hungary. The proposed measures - which amalgamate related ideas of the past five years - might even shoo off some foreign retailers from Hungary altogether.
NAV Learns Of VAT Graft At Grains Companies
- 2 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national tax and customs office (NAV) has learnt of a case of large-scale graft by a chain of Hungarian and Slovak grains traders in Velky Meder (Nagymegyer), in southern Slovakia.
Hungarians Less Poor In 2013
- 27 Nov 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians facing risks of poverty or social exclusion was 31.1% in 2013, 2.4 percentage points lower than a year earlier, according to the Central Statistical Office (KSH). The income gap grew slightly, but those differences are still much below the European average, the KSH said.
Literary Dinner With Sophie Hannah @ Bródy Studios Budapest, 28 November
- 24 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
On Friday 28th November Rosie Apponyi welcomes the finest in British crime writing to Brody Studios.
Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Since the publication of her first novel in 1920, more than two billion copies of her books have been sold around the globe.
Fidesz Unsure About Land Tax In Hungary
- 24 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- property
The Agriculture Ministry is recommending that the tax bill approved last week be modified to rule out the possibility of a tax on arable land, state secretary of the ministry István Nagy said on Friday. The tax bill authorises local government to impose taxes.
RTL Group Files Complaint With EC Over Hungary Ad Tax
- 17 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Luxembourg-based RTL Group filed an official complaint with the European Commission on Thursday over Hungary’s new tax on the advertising revenues of media outlets. RTL argues that the tax is “confiscatory” in that it aims to collect 80% of the tax (HUF 4,5 billion or USD 18,7 million) from an independent media group possessing just 13.5% market share.
Hungary’s Opposition Parties Slam Govt Plans
- 16 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition politicians savaged the government’s economic policies ahead of the budget vote. Socialist lawmaker Sándor Burány said that the budget was based on tax rises which had a common theme: the government was taxing everything it possibly could. The Socialist head of parliament’s budget committee said the government’s goal was to safeguard the deficit target while paying for “prestige ...
Hungarian Govt: No Risks In 2015 Budget
- 12 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Government officials have said there were no risks in the 2015 budget, noting that the budget had not taken into account the some 300 billion forints (EUR 980m) in profit the National Bank of Hungary is expected to generate and saying there was fiscal room for a number of big investments.
Hungary's Sovereignty Must Be Protected, Prime Minister Says
- 8 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
National sovereignty consists of energy, financial and trade independence, Prime Minister Orbán pointed out in Kossuth Radio’s morning interview, adding he regards Senator McCain’s recent claims as “extremist”. Viktor Orbán also noted Hungary’s national sovereignty is far more important than dealing with such statements.
New Statutes Might Reduce Market Share Of Foreign-Owned Food Retailers
- 4 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government is about to use legal measures to reduce the market share of foreign-owned retail chain stores in Hungary. The proposed measures - which amalgamate related ideas of the past five years - might even shoo off some foreign retailers from Hungary altogether.
NAV Learns Of VAT Graft At Grains Companies
- 2 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national tax and customs office (NAV) has learnt of a case of large-scale graft by a chain of Hungarian and Slovak grains traders in Velky Meder (Nagymegyer), in southern Slovakia.
Hungarians Less Poor In 2013
- 27 Nov 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians facing risks of poverty or social exclusion was 31.1% in 2013, 2.4 percentage points lower than a year earlier, according to the Central Statistical Office (KSH). The income gap grew slightly, but those differences are still much below the European average, the KSH said.
Literary Dinner With Sophie Hannah @ Bródy Studios Budapest, 28 November
- 24 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
On Friday 28th November Rosie Apponyi welcomes the finest in British crime writing to Brody Studios.
Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Since the publication of her first novel in 1920, more than two billion copies of her books have been sold around the globe.
Fidesz Unsure About Land Tax In Hungary
- 24 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- property
The Agriculture Ministry is recommending that the tax bill approved last week be modified to rule out the possibility of a tax on arable land, state secretary of the ministry István Nagy said on Friday. The tax bill authorises local government to impose taxes.