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Hungary adopts Act XLI of 2018, levying a 25 percent special immigration tax on civic support

On 20 July 2018 the National Assembly adopted Act XLI of 2018, adding a 25 percent special immigration tax on support for activities labelled immigration-supporting. In the causal graph this event weakens Civic Space, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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On 20 July 2018 the National Assembly adopted Act XLI of 2018, adding a 25 percent special immigration tax on support for activities labelled immigration-supporting. The Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR later called the levy a disproportionate interference with association. This Fact is that dated tax statute. It is not Stop Soros taken alone, not the 2017 Lex NGO, and not a personality. Official text sits in the National Legal Database; the Venice Commission joint opinion is the independent file.

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  • Viktor Orbán

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    Prime minister whose government or governing majority advanced the named measure. The institutional source ties the measure to the governing legal program under Orbán. Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 is stored only because contributions.size is NOT NULL — not a sourced magnitude. Attached by Pack6 land-now subset; the fact's own primary source documents the measure.

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  1. 1.2025 Rule of Law Report – Country Chapter on HungaryEuropean Commission · verified
  2. 2.Joint opinion on Section 253 on the special immigration tax of Act XLI of 20 July 2018, CDL-AD(2018)035Venice Commission · verified

Causal path

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  1. ActorViktor Orbán
  2. contributed toFactHungary adopts Act XLI of 2018, levying a 25 percent special immigration tax on civic support
  3. weakensDrivers (2)Civic Space
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Hungary adopts Act XLI of 2018, levying a 25 percent special immigration tax on civic support. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-special-immigration-tax-2018

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Accessed 15 October 2026.

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