Hungary online real-time VAT cash registers

Hungary has introduced online-linked Value Added Tax cash register requirements in 2014. This was extended in 2017 These pre-certified registers report taxable transactions to the Hungarian NAV tax office each day to help prevent and detect VAT fraud. An estimated 250,000 businesses in Hungary have now adopted such registers.

Hungarian fiscal cash registers are also used for transactional data input for the Hungarian eVAT portal to produce digital ledgers and pre-filled VAT returns. Read more in our Hungary VAT country guide.

Real-time cash registers linked to tax office

The requirement is only placed on certain businesses, including:

• Retailers
• Restaurants
• Hotels
• Garages
• Gyms
• Taxis
• Pharmacies
• Currency exchange shops
• Night clubs

The technological solution required to secure and securely transmit sales data, is a tamper-proof fully integrated fiscal module with a mechanical seal, here called the AEE; either integrated in an Electronic Cash Register or an a printer to a PC-based POS system. The AEE has to undergo a specific device certification before the integration and co-production of the ECR or the POS-printer. Each connected cash register with AEE has an individual Device Certificate. No “middle-ware” is permitted in the cash register.

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European VAT electronic cash registers