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youdeserve · 12-02-2011, 05:21 PM

Main causes:
- the catholic coalition party, who jointly governs Hungary
- getting all the pennies they can, because of the financial crisis

I wonder, why you, my fellow hungarians don't mention more frequently that out VAT will be 27% from jan 1st AND that the average tax payed by taxpayers on their wages is about 70-80%. Yes, the taxpayer sees about 50% deduction, but the employer also pays around 30%... Well known fact, that legally employ someone here in Hungary costs a lot. For instance, giving someone 200.000 HUF (which is around 600 Euros nowadays, and IS a lot of money here...) costs about 370.000 - 390.000 HUF to the employer. The average pay is 120.000 HUF btw.

So, illegaly employ someone is a good and reasonable option for most.

The treasury gets then less money. Because not much paying the taxes, because these are high (latest stat: 2.9 million taxpayers, 30-40% of them are on the minimum wage - almost no taxes payed at all, out of 9.9 million), so new ways needed to be found to raise money.

Porn tax is one option. More to come...

12-02-2011, 05:21 PM
youdeserve Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 695	Cause... Main causes: - the catholic coalition party, who jointly governs Hungary - getting all the pennies they can, because of the financial crisis I wonder, why you, my fellow hungarians don't mention more frequently that out VAT will be 27% from jan 1st AND that the average tax payed by taxpayers on their wages is about 70-80%. Yes, the taxpayer sees about 50% deduction, but the employer also pays around 30%... Well known fact, that legally employ someone here in Hungary costs a lot. For instance, giving someone 200.000 HUF (which is around 600 Euros nowadays, and IS a lot of money here...) costs about 370.000 - 390.000 HUF to the employer. The average pay is 120.000 HUF btw. So, illegaly employ someone is a good and reasonable option for most. The treasury gets then less money. Because not much paying the taxes, because these are high (latest stat: 2.9 million taxpayers, 30-40% of them are on the minimum wage - almost no taxes payed at all, out of 9.9 million), so new ways needed to be found to raise money. Porn tax is one option. More to come...