Do Something Good with Your Hungarian Income Tax
It is tax time again. Unlike in the US where 1% of your taxes can only be donated to the incumbent president, Hungary allows you to choose an NGO or charity to donate 1% of your taxes too. Every bit helps, and it might as well go to a good cause! Here are some tips from Treehugger Dan:
| Issue | NGO/Charity | Tax Number |
| Animal Protection | Fauna | 19669687-1-41 |
| Waste | Humusz (Hungarian Waste Working Group) | 18529904-2-43 |
| Climate change, energy | Energia Klub | 18076592-1-41 |
| Air pollution, traffic, public transport |
Levego Munka Csoport (Clean Air Action Group) |
18226254-2-42 |
| Energy, Climate Change, Genetically modified food | Greenpeace Hungary | 18178883-1-41 |
| Refugees and Immigrants |
Menedek | 18072165-1-42 |
| Human Rights | Amnesty International |
19015985-1-42 |
| Fair Trade | Vedegylet |
18689637-1-13 |
| European volunteer program, ecourism mapping… | Messzelato |
18382244-1-41 |
| Nature conservation, forestry protection |
WWF |
18226814-2-43 |
| Service Center for all Hungarian environmental NGOs, free environmental help line |
Okoszolgalat (Ecoservice) | 19650830-1-41 |
| Protecting protected buildings | Ovas | 18116485-1-41 |
Simply fill out the small white 1%-pledge form, ("Rendelkezõ nyilatkozat a befizetett adó egy százalékáról") which accompanies the main tax form. Place the pledge form in a regular size envelope. If you submit your tax form yourself, send the sealed envelope to the Tax Office (APEH) together with your tax form. Please, write your name, address and tax number on the front of the envelope (Make sure you indicate these data correctly, because the Tax Office will discard any forms that are incomplete.) If your employer prepares the 2009 tax declaration for you, please, sign the envelope on the back where it is sealed and then give it to your employer. Employers can accept your 1% commitment until the end of the month of May.
