LMP: Orbán’s cabinet gave multinationals 262 million euros in tax breaks
The government gave “its favourite multinational companies” 80 billion forints (EUR 262m) in tax breaks in 2012-2014, Máté Kanász-Nagy, spokesman of green opposition LMP said on Sunday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “told a big lie” when he recently said the cabinet had ploughed back profits from the fight against multinationals into support for families, Kanász-Nagy said.
LMP had to sue for the information on the tax breaks for a period of three years before obtaining it, he noted.
German carmaker Audi got the biggest tax break during the period: 40 billion forints, he said. Korean tyre maker Hankook got more than 17 billion forints, Austrian-owned Hamburger Hungaria Power Plant 9 billion forints and Japanese tyre company Bridgestone 6.6 billion forints, he added.
LMP would support local SMEs, not multinationals, to make investments, create jobs and win public procurements, Kanász-Nagy said.
Source: MTI
please make a donation here
Hot news
What happened today in Hungary – 26 July, 2024
Drama: number of births in a 20-year low in Hungary
Yay or nay? – 6 odd Hungarian delicacies that make our skin crawl
Budapest tourism “exploded” this past weekend
Container transport in Budapest may stop: How will this affect Hungarian economy?
Minister: Hungary will protect its territory by every means possible