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

Date: 2018

On 20 July 2018 the [National Assembly](/organizations/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.

## People

- Viktor Orbán: https://factrail.ai/people/viktor-orban

## Drivers

- Civic Space: https://factrail.ai/drivers/civic-space
- Illiberal state capture in Hungary: https://factrail.ai/drivers/orban-illiberal-state-capture

## Sources

- https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/524bd8d4-33ba-4802-891f-d8959831ed5a_en?filename=2025+Rule+of+Law+Report+-+Country+Chapter+Hungary.pdf
- https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD%282018%29035-e

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-special-immigration-tax-2018