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 The next step is taken in order to establish long term fiscal sustainability and reduce general government debt. Due to the slowing of the European economy and the protracted euro-zone crisis, the European Commission forecasts lower growth for 2012 and 2013, and therefore the government has decided to implement measures aimed at fiscal improvement. more » Telenor will pass on added costs from the new telephone tax to subscribers unless one of the two taxes hitting the sector is phased out, communication director István Kutas announced yesterday. Telenor will face an additional Ft 1 billion burden per month, if the new tax, the second sectoral tax, begins July 1, Kutas observed. more » Mobile phone operators have asked lawmakers to consider recommendations on the telephone tax before Parliament votes on Friday. The tax does not serve Hungary’s interest and places a disproportional burden on telecom companies, which have been paying the crisis tax since 2010, wrote Vodafone, T-Mobile and Pannon in a joint statement. more » Telemarketing firms, pollsters and call centre operators have the most to lose from the new telecoms tax, Napi Gazdasag writes. The companies were caught off guard by the government's plans to launch a Ft 2 per minute tax on telephone calls from July and have not factored this into their business plans, Livia Benko, head of the Direct Marketing Association told the business daily. more »|
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