Costs and expenses not incurred in the interest of business operations
The Corporate Tax Act specifies certain items that do not qualify as costs and expenses incurred in the interest of business operations and thus they increase the corporate tax base. These include:
the consideration for a service in excess of HUF 200 000 without value added tax if the use of the service contradicts the requirements of reasonable management;
the book value of missing assets, if, with the proper care, the shortfall could have been avoided;
the book value of a tangible asset recorded by value when retired from service, if the fact of retirement and the reason for it are not credibly supported by documents;
the consideration paid to a controlled foreign company, unless the taxpayer is able to prove in separate records by contracts that it serves the purposes of his business operations;
any grant or support provided not as a donation and without obligation of repayment to a non-resident or a resident person, non-repayable liquid assets, the book value of assets provided without consideration, liabilities assumed without consideration, and the acquisition cost of services provided free of charge and the value added tax recognized as expenditure in relation to these do not qualify as business expenses, provided that the recipient would have made a loss without such grant or support which is certified by a declaration;
the direct cost of research and development if it is not related to the business activity of the taxpayer;
the amounts of supplementary sport development support the supplementary support relating to the sponsorship of motion pictures and performing arts organizations.