More than 1.4 million people will already receive the family tax refund in February

Based on the data available so far, more than 1.4 million people will receive the family tax refund already in February. This number may increase even further, as the data do not yet include the salary and contribution data for December, said András Tállai.

Of the twelve months of the year, the highest income is typically contained in the December tax returns, and these are received by the tax office by January 20, said the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.

He emphasized that the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) has been working since last autumn to ensure that all eligible persons receive the amount of the family tax refund in a timely manner and as simply as possible - the majority of those involved automatically and without administration.

The Hungarian tax office has one of the most advanced IT systems in the European Union, so it can smoothly and in an unprecedentedly short time process the family allowance data received from the Hungarian State Treasury and the Ministry of National Defense, the contribution declarations available to it and the so-called RETURN declarations received within the deadline, he added.

In February, the amount of the family tax refund will be received by the person whose transfer data was known to NAV, such as the person who receives the family allowance, as well as the person who submitted their RETURN declaration by December 31, 2021 - reminded András Tállai.

He drew attention to the fact that the right to a tax refund cannot be lost, this right belongs to those who are entitled to it. Those who failed to submit their declaration by December 31, 2021, and the NAV does not know the data required for the transfer, can use the tax refund in the draft declaration prepared by the tax office or in their self-declaration - detailed the state secretary.

The state secretary emphasized that the family tax refund is unique in the history of international taxation, which goes to all parents raising children who were entitled to a family discount for at least one day last year.

He added that the tax refund can be applied to the expectant mother and her spouse in the same household, moreover, the tax paid in 2021 will be refunded in the family allowance in her own right and to the recipient of the disability pension, or to the relative living in the same household who during the year used a family discount.

Source: Magyar Hírlap/MTI

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