Hungary’s National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) has launched a new digital VAT refund system at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport, introducing electronic terminals that allow non-EU travelers to process VAT refunds quickly and select their preferred refund method. Read more

Hungary has expanded the scope of the reduced 5% VAT rate under Act CXXVII of 2007 to include certain fresh, chilled, or frozen meat and slaughter by-products of domestic cattle, as listed under Annex 3, Part I, Line 60, provided they meet both the specific CN tariff headings (0201, 0202, 0206) and the legal product definition. Read more

From 1 September 2026, Hungary will introduce mandatory receipt data reporting, requiring all receipt information to reach the tax authority, with real-time compliance automatically fulfilled by businesses using NAV-connected online or e-cash registers, while non-connected issuers must submit aggregated daily reports within three days. Read more

The KOBAK Portal, operated by Hungary’s NAV, is the mandatory central platform for registering, activating, and managing the full lifecycle of both online and e-cash registers under the new digital fiscal rules. Read more

Hungary is not announcing a fiscal revolution with headlines or sweeping political rhetoric. Instead, it is executing one methodically, through regulation, architecture, and time. For retailers and POS vendors operating in the country, the shift now underway will redefine what fiscal compliance means—not as a box to be checked, but as a system embedded directly into everyday transactions. At first... Read more

On December 19 2025, Fiscal Solutions organized a free webinar on the topic „Approaching Hungary’s New E-Cash Register Era“ The webinar was held by Tara Nedeljković, Team Lead of Legal Consultants at Fiscal Solutions, and Ištvan Božoki, Technical Consultant at Fiscal Solutions. Read more