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.
The 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.
Read moreNews hot of the press – the Hungarian government plans to introduce threshold of 2 M HUF or 2500 kgs to be reportable into the EKAER (Road Trade Control System) from 1 January 2015.
Read moreThe Cross-Border Ruling (CBR) system intended to support preliminary decision making launched in June 2013 as a test case for 18-months under the framework of the EU VAT Forum was evaluated after one year.
Read moreTaxpayers will be able to meet registration, tax return filing and tax payment obligations efficiently through the One Stop Shop VAT system selectable from 2015 in which the relevant obligations can be fulfilled through one registration, filing only one tax return per period and making only one transfer.
Read moreAt its meeting held in Tokyo, Japan on 17-18 April 2014 and attended by the representatives of more than 100 countries and international organisations, the Organization for Economic Coordination and Development (OECD) discussed and approved the Guidelines on certain issues of the VAT treatment of international transactions.
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