Published standard-rate snapshot
- Member state
- Hungary
- Standard VAT rate
- 27%
- Source snapshot date
- 2026-01-01
- Source
- EU TEDB import
EU VAT rates
Hungary VAT rates
The standard VAT-rate snapshot for Hungary is 27%, observed in VAT Engine’s TEDB source snapshot dated 2026-01-01. It is a source-backed reference point, not a legal effective-date claim or a determination of the rate for a particular supply.
Use the right context
Reduced rates, exemptions, place-of-supply rules, and product classification can change the answer. Use the dated API lookup for operational decisions and verify legal effective dates against primary authority when required.
Hungary: national sources and date context
A product name does not establish a reduced rate
Hungary’s tax authority explains that its 18% product category requires both the statutory product description and the referenced tariff classification. Similar commercial names can lead to different classifications. A shop should review the actual product and its composition before assigning a reduced-rate tax class; this standard-rate snapshot cannot make that decision.
NAV: products under the 18% VAT rate (Hungarian, January 2026)Check where a cross-border sale is taxed
For an intra-EU distance sale of goods, Hungary’s January 2026 guidance explains the destination rule and a conditional small-seller simplification. Delivery to Hungary alone does not prove that this page’s 27% snapshot applies: establish the place of supply, any applicable exception, and the goods’ classification first.
NAV: VAT rules for OSS and distance sales (English PDF, January 2026)National sources checked . These explanations do not update the published snapshot or establish product eligibility or API coverage for a later date.
Standard-rate arithmetic example
If a sale has already been confirmed as subject to the 27% standard rate, a net price of 100.00 gives the following amounts. The example uses monetary units with two decimal places; it does not classify the sale or choose its jurisdiction or legally applicable rate.
- Net
- 100.00
- VAT
- 27.00
- Gross
- 127.00
Using the Hungary snapshot
What this value answers
It provides a quick reference for the country’s standard VAT rate in the published source snapshot and a traceable observation date.
What it does not answer
It does not decide the place of taxation, customer status, exemption, product classification, reduced rate, or legal effective date.
What to do next
For a real transaction, establish the country and supply date, review the tax class, then use the dated rate or calculation API.
Page updated . The rate’s observation date remains 2026-01-01. Report a source or page issue.