Director, Indirect Tax services
Dániel Sztankó has been the VAT expert of RSM Hungary Zrt., has supported the compliance of our fiscal representation team's clients in domestic and international VAT services since 2014. He was a manager at an international advisory network in Hungary specialising in VAT and indirect taxes from 2008 and then in Singapore from 2012, prior to which he had worked for a London based tax advisory firm. He began his professional career with the tax authority where he worked as a tax specialist in VAT for more than 5 years.
As an advisor to global market players, he has focused on the regulation and application of European, Asian and international value-added taxes and indirect taxes for more than a decade. He has acquired experience in a number of sectors, such as energy, telecommunication, technology, logistics, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and real estate, both in Hungary and abroad.
Beside consultations, Dániel is a regular lecturer of business and professional conferences focused on Hungarian VAT, online invoice reporting and EKAER legislation.
Levob case (Case C-41/04) Facts Levob Verzekeringen BV („Levob”),which is headquartered in the Netherlands, operates an insurance business.
Read moreCPP case (Case C-349/96) Facts Card Protection Plan Ltd. („CPP\"),which is headquartered in the United Kingdom, supplies a service covering the indemnification of cardholders against financial loss in the event of loss or theft of their bank cards and other damages arising on their travels (such as damages related to the finding of lost luggage) under a so-called “Card Protection Plan”.
Read moreSome businesses avoiding VAT registration are at risk of their goods being seized by the Hungarian Tax Authority. But what exactly has changed?
Read moreIn accordance with the regulation currently in force, it cannot be determined unambiguously regarding the fulfilment of the EKAER (Electronic Trade and Transport Control) reporting obligation whether any sanctions apply if an EKAER number is requested for a movement of goods involving public road transport, which would be exempted according to the regulation from the obligation of reporting in the EKAER system.
Read moreThe text of the amendment of Act XCII of 2003 on the Rules of Taxation in relation to the EKAER (Electronic Trade and Transport Control) system was published on the Parliament’s website this afternoon.
Read moreThe EKAER system to be introduced from 1 January 2015 causes a lot of headaches for warehouse, logistics and purchasing staff. The stakes are high! The default fine may be as high as 40 percent.
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