The government has decided in summer 2010 after it had reviewed the system of domestic burden sharing, learned the opinions of stakeholders of the economy as well as surveyed the international experiences and trends in taxation to radically transform the system of personal income taxes and gradually implement the flat-rate personal income tax in Hungary. In regard to the aforementioned transformation several objectives have been identified which included the simplification of the system of personal income taxation, the creation of balanced and proportionate social burden sharing, the reduction of tax burdens and the increase of the number of taxpayers.

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(Ministry for National Economy)