Orbán cabinet: Hungarian families are resource for nation, economy

The Hungarian government sees families not as a fiscal expenditure, but a resource for the future of the Hungarian nation and economy, the culture and innovation minister said on public radio on Sunday.

Hungarian family-friendly policies

Balázs Hankó said the government aimed to strengthen the material security of families, calling that goal the “key to Hungary’s family-friendly policies”, and pointing to a precedent that other countries intended to follow. He added that decision makers in Brussels and a number of European Union member states whose policies were focused on migration wanted to roll back family support policies.

Hankó said a personal income tax exemption for mothers of three to be introduced from October, along with a PIT exemption for mothers of two under the age of 40 to start from January 1, 2026, would leave 90,000 forints (EUR 225), on average, with taxpayers. The doubling of family tax allowances, from 2026, will leave 80,000 forints with families raising two children and an additional 99,000 with families raising three children, he added.

Hankó said the government’s policies had aimed to offer incentives for working and deciding to raise children, while reducing taxes. He noted that a PIT exemption for under-25s had been introduced in 2022, and a PIT exemption for mothers under 30 was rolled out in 2023.

Hankó said the PIT exemptions for mothers of two or more children, which are for life, would impact half a million taxpayers from January 2026.

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