Lawyer's addressLövőház utca 20/A.
1024 Budapest Hungary

Attorney's phone number Tel.: +36 1 316 9233
Law office's fax number Fax.: +36 1 336 0107
Attorney's office e-mail info@drlittner.hu

Changes in the legislation of apartment purchase duties

napi.hu, 12.12.2017 – From 1 January 2018 there will be changes in the method of calculation of duties payable on apartment purchases. When calculating the “reduced” duty base, i.e. the value upon which the duty is payable or when applying duty exemption, the market value of an apartment sold within three years of the purchase can be considered, as opposed to one year allowed earlier. “Reduced duty” means that the buyer can deduct from the duty base created by the purchase of an apartment the market value of an apartment sold by the same buyer, i.e. the duty base will be the difference between the market value of the sold and the purchased apartments. As far as the market value of an apartment sold after the purchase is concerned the rules remain unchanged: it can only be reduced if the sale occurred within one year of the purchase transaction.