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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 2007 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.