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Use this page when you need to prepare an invoice for work supplied in Hungary and want the document to match local VAT expectations before you send it to a client. Hungarian VAT-taxable persons must ensure that an invoice is issued for taxable supplies of goods or services made in Hungary for consideration, unless a specific VAT Act exemption allows a receipt or another document instead.
The practical goal is a complete invoice, not a loose payment request. The invoice needs a unique sequential number, issue date, supplier tax number, party details, service or goods lines, taxable amounts, VAT treatment, and payment terms. Domestic VAT amounts must appear in HUF, even if the rest of the invoice uses another currency.
A Hungarian VAT invoice should identify both parties clearly. Add the supplier's full name, address, and tax number, plus the customer's full name and address. The customer's tax number belongs on the invoice in reverse-charge, intra-Community, or domestic taxable-customer cases specified by Act CXXVII of 2007 on VAT.
Each line should describe the goods or services, show quantity where measurable, state the supply or advance date if it differs from the issue date, and list the taxable amount. Add the unit price excluding tax, discounts excluded from the unit price, the applied VAT rate, the output VAT amount, and the exemption reference when an exemption applies.
Hungary does not treat invoice timing as an afterthought. Invoices are generally issued immediately when payment or an advance happens by completion, within 8 days for other VAT-charged supplies, and by the 15th day of the following month for specified intra-Community exempt supplies and reverse-charge services. Late preparation creates reporting and collection problems.
Electronic invoices are allowed, but the recipient's consent is required. EDI-based electronic invoicing also needs a prior written agreement between the parties. Hungary allows invoices in Hungarian or any spoken foreign language, but a tax audit can require an official Hungarian translation.
Hungary uses VAT, not sales tax. The general VAT rate is 27% of the taxable amount. The 0%, 5%, and 18% rates apply only to goods and services listed in the VAT Act, and exemptions apply only to specified public-interest or special-nature activities. Treat the VAT line as a legal field, not a formatting preference.
For invoices covered by the VAT Act, the reporting step sits alongside the invoice itself. Software-created invoices must send the required data to NTCA immediately through a machine-to-machine connection. Printed-form invoices follow a separate deadline: within 4 days, or within 1 day when the invoice VAT reaches or exceeds HUF 500,000.
A one-off invoice works when you have one client, a settled scope, and clear totals already approved. It is enough for turning finished work into a document, checking required fields, and sending a clean payment request. It is weak when the invoice depends on several projects, changing rates, non-billable work, or delayed approvals.
Everhour fits the managed workflow side: admins can set project billing status, mark specific tasks as non-billable, use custom task rates for time-and-materials work, and report billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost. That record makes invoice preparation cleaner before VAT and NTCA requirements enter the final document.
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Check the issue date, unique sequential invoice number, supplier tax number, supplier and customer names and addresses, customer tax number where the VAT Act requires it, supply date, taxable amount, unit price excluding tax, VAT rate, VAT amount, and exemption wording where applicable. Invoicing software must allocate consecutive serial numbers without omission or repetition.
No. Hungary's general VAT rate is 27%, but 0%, 5%, and 18% rates apply only to goods and services listed in the VAT Act. Specified public-interest or special-nature activities can be exempt. Use the rate that matches the supply, and show the output VAT amount correctly.
Yes, a Hungarian invoice can be paper-based or electronic. Electronic invoicing requires the recipient's consent. EDI-based electronic invoicing also requires a prior written agreement between the parties, so do not treat EDI delivery as a normal email attachment without that agreement.
Yes. A domestic VAT invoice must show output VAT payable in Hungarian forints, even when other invoice details use another currency. Hungary allows invoices in Hungarian or any spoken foreign language, but an official Hungarian translation can be required during a tax audit.
EU late-payment rules apply across member states. Enterprises must pay invoices within 60 days unless they expressly agree otherwise and the term is not grossly unfair. Public authorities generally must pay within 30 days, with very exceptional 60-day cases.
Everhour lets admins set billing status at the project level, mark individual tasks as non-billable, use custom task rates, and set member-rate exceptions. Reports can show billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost, so invoice totals start from approved work records.
Track billable and non-billable work before invoice creation. Everhour gives admins project billing controls, task-level exclusions, rate handling, and billing reports that support cleaner client invoicing.
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