At a press conference in Budapest, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Cabinet of the Prime Minister Csaba Dömötör said that the Government’s reforms are working: in 2016 the personal income tax rate will be lowered, wages will increase and the benefit system for family housing will be restructured.
Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister György Bakondi has pointed out that the migration pressure in Europe is expected to continue this year, but the Government of Hungary will do everything in its power to protect Hungarian borders.
On Thursday in an interview with Hungarian daily Népszava, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said that “we want more Hungary and less Brussels”.
“The Government of Hungary expects that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) would rule on the mandatory immigration quota system in the second semester”, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi told Hungarian national broadcaster in an interview aired on 27 December 2015. “In addition to establishing a precedent, the case will also demonstrate what kind of a role law plays within the Union”, he added.
The rate of personal income tax is set to be reduced further, from 16 percent to 15 percent, which will leave HUF 120bn more at people, Minister of State for NAV András Tállai said.
In an interview published 29 December 2015, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi said that Europe is divided and uncertain about migration, but Hungary takes firm positions on key issues.
The tax office must treat companies, entrepreneurs and private persons as partners, assisting them to fulfil taxpayer duties in a simpler, faster and less complicated manner, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga said at the ceremony for appointing new leaders of NAV.
Tax revenues came in higher this year as formerly expected, thus the general government budget deficit is seen at 2.4 percent of GDP or even lower for the full year, Minister of State for State Finances Péter Benő Banai said.
Zsolt Semjén takes the view that 2015 was perhaps the most successful year of the policy of Hungarian communities beyond the borders. The Deputy Prime Minister stated this on the programme of Kossuth Radio entitled Without Borders on Thursday.
The volume of exports and imports in Hungary grew year-on-year by 9.5 percent and 6.3 percent, respectively, in the month of October 2015. Foreign trade posted a surplus of EUR 605 million in the observed period, up by EUR 322 million year-on-year. According to estimates, the full-year surplus may reach an all-time high amount of EUR 8bn.