Hungary public holidays 2026, VAT rate and tax data
Hungary: VAT rate 27% since 1 Jan 2012; 11 public holidays in 2026 (next: Mindenszentek (All Saints' Day), 1 Nov 2026); corporate tax rate 9%; minimum wage 322800 HUF per month, gross; policy interest rate 5.5%; inflation rate (CPI) 1.6%.
12 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against; most recently verified 28 Oct 2026. Currency HUF.
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{ "country": "HU", "series": "vat", "value": 27, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2012-01-01", "last_confirmed": "2026-07-24", "source": { "name": "Áfa tv.", "url": "https://njt.jog.gov.hu/jogszabaly/2007-127-00-00" } }
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Hungary public holidays 2026
11 days in 2026; next: Mindenszentek (All Saints' Day) on 1 Nov 2026. Official source: Mt. · last verified 29 Jul 2026
Fixed by law 11
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2026 Thu | Újév (New Year's Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 15 Mar 2026 Sun | Nemzeti ünnep — az 1848–49. évi forradalom és szabadságharc emléknapja (National Day, 1848 Revolution) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 3 Apr 2026 Fri | Nagypéntek (Good Friday) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 6 Apr 2026 Mon | Húsvéthétfő (Easter Monday) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 1 May 2026 Fri | A munka ünnepe (Labour Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 25 May 2026 Mon | Pünkösdhétfő (Whit Monday) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 20 Aug 2026 Thu | Az államalapítás ünnepe — Szent István napja (State Foundation Day / St Stephen's Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 23 Oct 2026 Fri | Nemzeti ünnep National Day, 1956 Revolution; az 1956. évi forradalom és szabadságharc emléknapja |
Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 1 Nov 2026 Sun | Mindenszentek (All Saints' Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 25 Dec 2026 Fri | Karácsony (Christmas Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 26 Dec 2026 Sat | Karácsony másnapja (Second Day of Christmas / St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
2027 dates already held (11)
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2027 Fri | Újév (New Year's Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 15 Mar 2027 Mon | Nemzeti ünnep — az 1848–49. évi forradalom és szabadságharc emléknapja (National Day, 1848 Revolution) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 26 Mar 2027 Fri | Nagypéntek (Good Friday) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 29 Mar 2027 Mon | Húsvéthétfő (Easter Monday) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 1 May 2027 Sat | A munka ünnepe (Labour Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 17 May 2027 Mon | Pünkösdhétfő (Whit Monday) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 20 Aug 2027 Fri | Az államalapítás ünnepe — Szent István napja (State Foundation Day / St Stephen's Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 23 Oct 2027 Sat | Nemzeti ünnep National Day, 1956 Revolution; az 1956. évi forradalom és szabadságharc emléknapja |
Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 1 Nov 2027 Mon | Mindenszentek (All Saints' Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 25 Dec 2027 Sat | Karácsony (Christmas Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
| 26 Dec 2027 Sun | Karácsony másnapja (Second Day of Christmas / St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day) | Fixed by law | Mt. |
Status is read from the record: fixed by law follows from a standing rule (a fixed date or the Easter computus); confirmed is dated in the cited official calendar and not flagged provisional; estimated is provisional or moon-sighting dependent; substitute stands in for a statutory day that fell on a weekend or was moved. Hover a status for the reason.
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Rate schedules and breakdowns
Withholding tax rates
0–15% across 5 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from 2016-01-01 · Official source: 1995. évi CXVII. törvény a személyi jövedelemadóról (Szja tv.) 8. § (1): the… · last verified 10 Aug 2026 secondary
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | effective from | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends-companies | Dividends paid to foreign companies | 0 | dividends paid by a Hungarian resident company to any non-individual recipient, resident or non-resident | 2006-01-01 | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Hungary… |
| The EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive is moot for Hungary: domestic law is already broader than the directive (0% to all corporate recipients worldwide, no holding or period conditions). | |||||
| interest-royalties-companies | Interest and royalties paid to foreign companies | 0 | interest and royalties sourced in Hungary paid to a non-resident company | 2004-01-01 | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Hungary… |
| The EU Interest & Royalties Directive is likewise moot: the domestic 0% applies to all corporate recipients regardless of association or residence. | |||||
| dividends-individuals | Dividends paid to non-resident individuals | 15 | dividends paid to individuals, including non-residents, taxed as separately taxed income under the personal income tax act | 2016-01-01 | Szja tv. (1995. évi CXVII. törvény) 8… |
| The Hungarian payer withholds the 15% at source. Social contribution tax (szocho) generally does not extend to non-resident individuals not insured in Hungary. A treaty's dividends article commonly caps this below 15%. | |||||
| interest-individuals | Interest paid to non-resident individuals | 15 | Hungarian-source interest paid to individuals, including non-residents (kamatjövedelem) | 2016-01-01 | Szja tv. 8. § (1): 'az adóalap 15… |
| Treaty interest articles frequently reduce this to 0% for treaty-resident individuals producing a residence certificate. | |||||
| royalties-individuals | Royalties paid to non-resident individuals | 15 | Hungarian-source royalty income of individuals, including non-residents, taxed under the general personal income tax rules | 2016-01-01 | Szja tv. 8. § (1): 'az adóalap 15… |
Statutory social-insurance contributions
0–18.5% across 3 contribution branches · in force from 2026-01-01 · Official source: 2019. évi CXXII. törvény a társadalombiztosítás ellátásaira jogosultakról… · last verified 11 Aug 2026
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tarsadalombiztositasi_jarulek | Társadalombiztosítási járulék (single merged social-security contribution — pension, health in-kind, health cash and labour-market branches) | 18.5 | 18.5 | 0 | percent | 'Járulékalapot képező jövedelem' under 27. § Tbj. — income from the employment that is non-independent activity income subject to personal income tax under the Szja tv., including basic wage, commission and gratuities. Subject to a MONTHLY FLOOR (the 'járulékfizetési alsó határ') of 30 per cent of the minimum wage in force on the first day of the month, i.e. 96 840 Ft for 2026, prorated at one thirtieth per calendar day where the relationship exists for only part of the month. NO UPPER LIMIT. | HUF |
| ONE CONTRIBUTION, NOT FOUR. Since 1 July 2020 Hungary no longer has separate employee pension, health and labour-market contributions: the Tbj. merged the old 10 % nyugdíjjárulék, 4 % természetbeni egészségbiztosítási járulék, 3 % pénzbeli egészségbiztosítási járulék and 1,5 %… | |||||||
| szocialis_hozzajarulasi_ado | Szociális hozzájárulási adó (social contribution tax) — employer-only, and legally a TAX rather than a contribution | 13 | 0 | 13 | percent | For an employee, the income from non-independent activity paid by the employer under the Szja tv. — in practice the same gross employment income as the járulékalap, and subject to the same 30 %-of-minimum-wage monthly floor of 96 840 Ft for 2026. NO UPPER LIMIT on employment income. | HUF |
| THE EMPLOYER SIDE OF HUNGARIAN PAYROLL IS NOT A SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION — IT IS A TAX, AND SAYING SO IS NOT PEDANTRY. Since 2019 the employer pays no social-insurance contribution in Hungary at all. It pays the szociális hozzájárulási adó, imposed by a tax statute, administered by… | |||||||
| rehabilitacios_hozzajarulas | Rehabilitációs hozzájárulás (rehabilitation contribution) — employer-only, quota-based, a flat annual amount per missing head rather than a percentage | — | 0 | — | currency per year per person below quota | Not a percentage of pay. Payable by an employer whose average statistical headcount exceeds 25 where the proportion of employees with changed working capacity does not reach 5 per cent of that headcount; the charge is a fixed annual amount for each person by which the employer falls short of the quota. For 2026 that amount is nine times the monthly minimum wage in force on the first day of the year: 9 × 322 800 Ft = 2 905 200 Ft per missing person per year (2025: 2 617 200 Ft). | HUF |
| EMPLOYER-ONLY, AND NOT A PERCENTAGE — rate_total and rate_employer are deliberately null because the charge is a flat sum per missing head, not a rate on payroll. Included as a visible branch because for a mid-sized or large Hungarian employer it is a genuine, sizeable and… | |||||||
Statutory default interest (késedelmi kamat)
14 percent · in force from 2026-07-01 · Official source: Derived from the MNB base rate (this API's HU policy-rate series) under Ptk… · last verified 24 Oct 2026 derived
Resolved rates
| key | label | spread | value | article | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| general | General statutory default interest (Ptk. 6:48. §) | 0 | 6 | Ptk. 6:48. § | 2013. évi V. törvény (Ptk.) 6:48. § |
| commercial | Business-to-business default interest (Ptk. 6:155. §) | 8 | 14 | Ptk. 6:155. § | 2013. évi V. törvény (Ptk.) 6:155. § |
MNB official exchange rates
329.93 USD; 4 currencies held · in force from 2026-10-28 · Official source: Magyar Nemzeti Bank · last verified 28 Oct 2026
| currency | rate |
|---|---|
| USD | 329.93 |
| EUR | 367.11 |
| GBP | 438.34 |
| JPY | 2.0901 |
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