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EU - Direct taxation: Commission requests Hungary to end discriminative tax incentives for research and development

Under Hungarian Law[1], basic research, applied research or experimental development services performed on premises managed by a research institution (research facility) founded by a Hungarian institution of higher education or the Hungarian Academy of Sciences are treated more favourably than similar R&D activities performed on similar premises located in other EU Member States or EEA/EFTA countries.



 

As a result, these provisions discourage Hungarian companies and entrepreneurs from carrying out their R&D activities in other EU Member States or EEA/EFTA countries and therefore impede the free provision of services as guaranteed by Article 49 of the EC Treaty and Article 36 of the EEA Agreement.

The Commission's opinion is based on the EC Treaty as interpreted by the European Court of Justice in judgment of 10 March 2005 in Case C-39/04, Laboratoires Fournier SA.

[1] Article 7(17) of the Corporate Income Tax and Dividend Tax Act and Article 49/B(6)(cb) of the Personal Income Tax Act.

Source : Europe - Press Release, dated 03/04/2008

 

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