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Painful: Here is the government’s extra tax on each plane ticket!
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A government decree published late Saturday clears how high the extra tax of the different sectors will be in Hungary. The fifth Orbán administration announced before that they would like large companies to pay a tax based on their “extra profit”. Among others, there will be an extra tax on plane tickets, the company car tax will double, and we will have to pay after each Revolut-type transfer. Here are the details!
New tax on each plane ticket
According to hvg.hu, the government published its relevant decree after their three-day away session in Sopron. The government calls the extra tax on plane tickets the airliners’ contribution. In that case, there will be two tariffs. If the flight’s destination is the EU, the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, Serbia or Ukraine,
the extra tax’s rate will be 3,900 HUF (EUR 10.18) per passenger. In other cases, it is 9,750 HUF (EUR 24.88).
The extra tax concerns only passengers departing from Hungary. As a result, the decree does not apply to transit passengers.
Theoretically, the subjects of the new tax are the ground service companies, not the passengers. However, companies may include the extra tax in the ticket prices.
For example, Wizz Air already announced that they might raise their prices because of the government’s extra tax.
Tax increases in every sector
Based on the government decree, the transaction duty on securities transactions will be 0.3 percent. The maximum will be 10 thousand HUF (EUR 25.52). We will have to pay that when we buy the securities. The only exceptions will be the investments offered by the Hungarian State Treasury and the Hungarian Post. Interestingly, companies providing cross-border financial services will also have to pay the transaction duty like Revolut or Wise. It will be 0.3 percent per transaction, while its maximum will be 10 thousand HUF. Before, the maximum was 6 thousand HUF (EUR 15.31).
NEVER forget – Vat charged in Hungary at 27% – the HIGHEST in the European Union.
What else is this Government going to INTRODUCE – to hit the pockets of Citizens & other ???
NOTHING is going to get CHEAPER in Hungary.
The air travel tax is still considerably less than the one charged in the UK where it is called Air Passenger Duty (introduced in 1994). There, apart from the basic charges for short or long haul, the amount varies depending upon the ticket (economy, or business/ first class, for instance because of the seat size. A business class ticket from London to the US has a tax of 185 GBP (around 48,000 huf).
Anonymous – constructive comment, to throw in the mix.
Hungary – income of citizens – from “lower station in life” to middle class – substantially LOWER than the UK.
I focus on us – Hungarians – cost to us, evaluated against our disposal income – that impacts US – our Quality of Life.
Disposable income – layers in the United Kingdom – far outweigh – what WE in Hungary earn.
YOU would know, prior to the Massive devaluation of the huf – travellers from the UK to Hungary – its a CHEAP hoilday.
Reverse that – taking into account wages and disposable income living in Hungary – its NOT a CHEAP hoilday.
The Election is over and now someone has to pay for all the bribes Orban spent. Enjoy!!!
@Concerned-Troubled, you clearly have not lived in the UK (or not recently).The disposable income among the lower and lower- middle classes is not substantially different to what people in that station in life have in Hungary – in fact, it may be even be worse. Everything is much more expensive there, (despite VAT being less and zero on most foodstuffs). At the end of the day it is a misconception to assume that lower wages Hungary equals lower disposable income. Even the middle classes are squeezed because of the cost of property and how much of their income goes towards their mortgages.
Anonymous – vibrant discussion we have – and I will conclude – that we agree to disagree – respect each others opinion, and move on.
I have lived in the UK for a decade in fact – 1971-1981 – interesting decade in the History of the UK.