Hungary may lower VAT on Internet services further to 5% in 2018

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Value-added tax on Internet services could drop to even 5% by 2018 in Hungary because the economic indicators are sufficiently favourable, said Tamás Deutsch, commissioner for the Prime Minister, on Friday.
VAT on Internet services has never been so low as it will be from 2017, as the cabinet is set to cut the rate of the tax to 18% from 27% currently, Deutsch told public television M1 in the morning.

The commissioner noted that VAT on Internet services could be further reduced even to 5% as of 2018, as economic indicators are good enough. This could give digital development an even greater momentum, he added.

Although the European Commission is of the view that Hungary may not lower VAT on Internet services, the government insists, Deutsch said.
 

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