Director, Tax services
Dr. Helga Kiss has a degree in law and she is a tax expert. She is currently leading the advisory team of the tax business line.
She has been involved in legal, accounting and tax consulting for over 15 years. She started her career at PwC from where she moved on to other international advisory firms, where she worked as a tax manager before joining to RSM Hungary in 2017. She has gathered extensive experience in the field of corporate and international taxation, transfer pricing and in the field of indirect taxation.
She has been involved in the advisory and implementation of many domestic and cross border transactions and structures, represented clients in various authority procedures. She has advised private individuals with special regard to the taxation of foreign film cast and crew and provided advisory on the particularities of the Hungarian film tax rebate system.
Her clients are mainly from the (fossil and renewable) energy sector, production companies and the media & entertainment industry.
It is not new that foreign companies buy commercial property in Hungary for investment purposes. However, they are not always fully aware of tax consequences when concluding the sale and purchase contract. We now show you what you should pay attention to and what the most frequent hurdles are.
Read moreFrom 1 January 2019, the film productions registered with the National Film Office may account for costs acknowledged for the purposes of the film subsidy according to the Film Act* amended at several points. This may come handy for the domestic production of series with many characters but the base of the film subsidy may reduce in the case of employing high-paid, typically foreign stars.
Read moreThe shooting of The Alienist, nominated in two categories at the 2019 Golden Globes, and Genius: Picasso, nominated in the category for best actor, both took place in Hungary. How does the Corporate Income Tax (TAO) system in Hungary assist in raising the funds to cover film production costs and what role does the comfort letter have in the planning and raising the funds to cover the costs of film production?
Read moreFollowing a green light from the EU Commission, the level of indirect film related tax rebate in Hungary rises to 30% from 11 June 2018. The boosted proportion of film incentive is guaranteed to 31 December 2024, thus in an ever-more competitive regional situation the Hungarian film industry has a much better chance of maintaining its role as market leader. No changes are expected in the application process for film grants.
Read moreThere are several points where it is possible to trip up when fulfilling the country-by-country reporting obligation per country. The first deadline is the end of the year for both of the 2016 and 2017 reporting obligations!
Read more15th of May marked the proclamation of the legislation that requires businesses to prepare Country-by-Country Report (CbC) reports. Hereby we summarize the most important issues and deadlines impacting Hungarian firms, including when the Hungarian companies need to submit their CbC reports and the obligations of firms whose parent companies are in the United States, which for the moment is a special case, regarding data reporting.
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