Hungary | Global Mobility Tax | Hungary Tax Agency clarifies partial suspension of DTA with Belarus


June 19, 2024

Global Mobility Tax

Hungary | Hungary Tax Agency clarifies partial suspension of DTA with Belarus

Summary

The Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration June 3 clarified the bilateral suspension by Belarus of the 2004 Hungary-Belarus DTA. The clarification states that:

1) the bilateral suspension by Belarus includes DTA provisions on the treatment of dividends, interest, and capital gains, from June 1, 2024, through December 31, 2026;
2) the provisions on wage income, pensions, taxation of business profits, and procedural provisions aren’t affected by the suspension;
3) Belarus will apply its own domestic tax rate to payments instead of the reduced withholding rates set by the DTA;
4) despite the suspension, Hungary should continue to apply the provisions of the Convention and uphold the benefits it provides for income between Hungary and Belarus.

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