Fat Tax In Hungary Yields Over 178m EUR In Revenue Since 2011

  • 31 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
Fat Tax In Hungary Yields Over 178m EUR In Revenue Since 2011
The revenue gained from the public health tax dubbed fat tax totalled more than 55 billion forints (EUR 178m) since its introduction, Magyar Nemzet daily said on Thursday. The tax on “unhealthy” food and drinks with high sugar, salt, carbohydrate and caffeine content was introduced in September 2011.

The aim was to promote more healthy eating habits and the production of healthier food, as well as to provide a source of increased funding for health-care programmes and for improving health-care services, the paper said.

The revenue, along with other funds, is spent on raising wages in the healthcare sector, the paper said, citing information from the state secretariat in charge of the area.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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