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Deputy PM Zsolt Semjén owes millions to the tax administration?
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According to index.hu, Transparency International’s (TI) legal director, Miklós Ligeti turned to the parliament’s Committee on Immunity in Semjén’s hunt scandal. He asked the president of the committee to launch a process on the deputy PM’s financial statement since Semjén did not include the price of his luxurious hunts in Sweden. However, János Hargitai refused to do so. Furthermore, the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary (NTCA) issued a statement in which they claim that Semjén does not have to pay any personal income tax (PIT) or donation tax after his hunts paid by a Hungarian entrepreneur.
Deputy PM Semjén’s hunt maze
As we already reported, Magyar Nemzet received videos, photos and documents that Semjén used to take part in luxurious hunts in Sweden for years
in total secrecy.
He hunted there in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 mostly for reindeer, moose and fool-hen. The price for the trips was horribly high, 4-5 million Swedish krona (EUR 500,000) for each. Semjén said that he just visited his relatives there and they hunted together. However, Magyar Nemzet discovered later that a Hungarian businessman, József Farkas paid his trips.
In fact, Mr Farkas owns many hotels in Hungary, and interestingly,
he won many tenders after Fidesz came to power in 2010.
Moreover, one of his hotels was inaugurated by Deputy PM Semjén. In fact, József Farkas denies that he paid for the hunts.
Furthermore, the owner of the reindeer Semjén hunted down last time claims that he did not permit him to kill his reindeer. Thus, he
sued the Deputy PM
and the case is on the table of the Swedish Prosecution Authority. In fact, they are now investigating it as a theft.
Transparency wants investigation
After Magyar Nemzet reported about Semjén’s hunt in Sweden, legal director of TI turned to the parliament’s Committee on Immunity. Miklós Ligeti asked the president of the committee to launch a process on the deputy PM’s financial statement since
Semjén did not include the price of his luxurious hunts in Sweden.
