OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 220, 13 November 1996
HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT LOWERS TAXES. The parliament on 12 November lowered
the average rate of the income tax, profit tax, and consumption tax for
1997, Hungarian dailies reported. The highest personal-income tax rate
will drop from 48% to 42%. Tax deductions pertaining to salary incomes
will go up from 18% to 20%. Parliament also approved tax exemptions for
employers' meal contributions and granted taxpayers the right to
determine how 1% of their taxes should be spent. The bills were passed
in the absence of all opposition deputies, who had walked out earlier to
protest a vote on Constitutional Court judges. The Hungarian legislature
has amended tax laws every year since 1990, which has made economic
planning and tax-return filing problematic for firms and individuals.
Due to tightened tax laws last year, tax evasion has become widespread.
-- Zsofia Szilagyi
HUNGARIAN OPPOSITION PARTY DEMANDS ANOTHER MINISTER'S RESIGNATION.
The
Young Democrats on 12 November demanded the resignation of Ferenc Baja,
minister of environmental protection and regional development, for
failing to clean up pollutants around the waste dump of Gare in
southwest Hungary, Hungarian media reported. Although ministry officials
ruled out any threat of disaster, the party insisted that the 15,000
tons of hazardous waste, which were shipped to Gare by the Budapest
Chemical Works more than 15 years ago, have been contaminating the area.
Baja said the ministry has made repeated attempts to break the deadlock
over the matter and will order the Chemical Works to stop the spread of
contaminants within 15 days. -- Zsofia Szilagyi
ILIESCU PLAYS THE NATIONALIST CARD AHEAD OF ELECTION. With the 17
November presidential run-off drawing close, incumbent President Ion
Iliescu's campaign has become radical, Romanian dailies reported on 13
November. At a rally in the Transylvanian town of Alba Iulia on 9
November, Iliescu accused the leaders of the Hungarian Democratic
Federation of Romania of plotting Yugoslav-style secession from Romania.
Evenimentul Zilei wrote that Iliescu was becoming "Zhirinovsky-ized."
Meanwhile, a growing number of political parties, trade unions, and
organizations announced their support for Iliescu's opponent, Emil
Constantinescu. -- Zsolt Mato
[As of 12:00 CET]
Compiled by Susan Caskie
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