- The new Tisza Party government in Hungary plans to reduce VAT on “healthy foods” and firewood from 27% to 5%, and exempt prescription medicines.
- The reform aims to ease cost pressures and simplify Hungary’s complex VAT system.
- Hungary currently has the highest standard VAT rate in the EU at 27%.
- Defining “healthy foods” may lead to disputes and classification challenges, especially for processed and borderline products.
Source: vatcalc.com
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