Illegal State Aid and Harmful Tax Competition: The Case of Hungary

Dániel Deák
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Dániel Deák: BUESPA, Department of Economic Law H-1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Hungary

Society and Economy, 2002, vol. 24, issue 1, 23-54

Abstract: It is of particular importance to be competitive for a country like Hungary, going to join the European Union. It has been important for the country to modernise its tax system, in line with completing the transition into a modern market economy. It is usually less interest in the examination of the tax system as to whether it is competitive, and if so, whether it is streamlined enough to comply with the international comity that dictates us that a country - while attractive for investors - must not avail itself of tax practices that can be seen harmful. Hungary, associated with the EC, is also bound to rules equivalent to the EC rules on state aid and, as a WTO member, to WTO rules on subsidies. This paper takes a hard look at the Hungarian fiscal system from the perspective of illegal state aid and harmful tax competition.

Keywords: harmonisation and tax competition; fiscal incentives; lack of transparency in fiscal legislation; low-tax regimes; ring-fencing; anti-avoidance tax rules; beneficial owners legislation; controlled foreign corporation legislation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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