Finance Minister: Government to preserve competitive tax system despite global minimum tax
The finance minister noted that Hungarian companies pay one of the lowest public taxes in Europe.
The finance minister noted that Hungarian companies pay one of the lowest public taxes in Europe.
The prime minister said Hungary will need some 500,000 new workers in the coming 1-2 years.
The foreign minister said that as a result of a single-bracket tax system introduced in 2010 and the lowest taxes in Europe, Hungary now has a record high employment and...
As part of a deal with Brussels, an existing business tax would be seen as part of the general tax burden, so in Hungary’s case the corporate tax would not...
Minister Szijjártó noted that the global minimum tax was a hot topic in US politics, too, as an aim of the Democrat government staunchly rejected by Republicans.
John Fund writes that Hungary has been a thorn in Biden’s side for years.
Mihály Varga said introducing the global minimum corporate tax is “unjustified” in a wartime situation amid runaway energy prices.
The reason for the step is clear: Hungary is opposed to the introduction of the global minimum corporate tax rate and the resulting tax increases.
Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s chief of staff, said an agreement on Hungary’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) funding now depends only on the European Commission.
Any attempt by the European Commission to link the vote on the proposed global minimum corporate tax rate with the disbursement of EU funds would be wrong and unlawful, said Erik Bánki, the Fidesz chairman of the Parliament's economic committee.
Reporting on his discussion with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the foreign minister emphasized that the lower the taxes are on work and businesses, the more it helps competitiveness.
The global minimum tax would bring a competitive disadvantage to Europe given that countries elsewhere in the world have not yet approved the tax.
Zoltán Kovács briefed the French press on the Hungarian government and parliament’s rejection of the planned EU directive to levy a global minimum tax against multinational companies.