Hungarian Police on the verge of bankruptcy? Forensic experts sue for payment
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The Hungarian police have failed to pay many of their forensic experts, leaving them with no other choice but to take their cases to court. The police acknowledge the arrears but claim that the fault lies with the timing of their budget. The experts, in turn, assert that the police are in serious financial trouble.
The Hungarian police are not paying their experts
The Hungarian police headquarters are so short on money that they cannot even pay their own forensic experts, 24.hu reports. The affected experts have told the paper that some of them have decided to file lawsuits against the police to finally receive their fees.
In some cases, payments have been late for months, putting the experts in an increasingly difficult position: they are obliged to accept police assignments but must also pay taxes on the amounts invoiced but not yet paid to them. This means they might essentially work for free and then be forced to pay taxes on money not received.
“My invoices submitted last December have not been paid yet: I have already had to pay HUF 600,000 (EUR 1,500) in corporate tax on the amount invoiced but not collected,” an IT expert, who asked to remain anonymous, told 24.hu, claiming he is owed around HUF 4-5 million (EUR 10-12,000) by the Hungarian police.
Another expert, who also wished to remain nameless, reported an almost identical experience: his invoices issued in December 2022 were paid a year later, and he has been waiting in vain for his salary since December 2023.
“I now joke with the investigators who send me out when they ask when I will send the bill of fees,” one of the experts interviewed said. “I’ll only have to pay taxes if I invoice them. And the investigators are aware that the police have a huge backlog.”
The problem is exacerbated by the fact that even a court ruling may not ensure that experts receive their wages. According to 24.hu, there have been several cases where an expert had to go to a bailiff after a final court decision to finally get paid. Moreover, many do not want to raise official complaints about the issue, fearing that they will be given fewer assignments if they do.
Elect an economically illiterate j@ck@ss…. get economic collapse….
Democracy works!
What I have learned and this is coming from inside the police force is that a very large purchase was made by the Fidesz government of tear gas and concussion grenades. Instead of paying officers they are spending their money preparing themselves to use force against their own people as the country goes down and people start to riot.
My guts CHURN’s, to read what Anonymous contributes.
I won’t DISMISS what he writes that sooner than later in SOLIDARITY it must be and PRACTICED, a right of Democracy, as the country of Hungary as it deepens into the nadir trend it strongly and forcible is in, and WE rightfully take to using orderly DEMONSTRATIONS, that the Orban – Fidesz Government would not HESITATE to use, approve of there use, in taking “aggressive” acts of retaliative action(s) – against Citizens – Hungarians – with instruments – that in probability could endanger Hungarian lives.
NOTHING of this Fidesz Government what they would implement directed at the citizens of Hungary would SURPRISE.