The European Commission has found that two Hungarian fiscal measures based on progressive turnover rate structures were in breach of EU State aid rules.

The Commission concluded that the progressive tax rates grant a selective advantage to companies with low turnover over their competitors. Following the Commission's opening of an in-depth investigation in July 2015, neither of these two Hungarian fiscal measures with progressive rates structure was collected by Hungary and, as a result, no State aid was effectively granted. Consequently, there is no need for recovery in these cases. The first of these two Hungarian fiscal measures with progressive rates structure concerns a food chain inspection fee and the second a tax on turnover from the production and trade of tobacco products. While a fee or a tax based on turnover does not in itself raise State aid issues, the Commission considers that the progressive rate structure provides a selective advantage to companies subject to the lower rates.

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