Tag "borravaló"
Changes to Tipping Regulations in Hungary
The Ministry of National Economy, in collaboration with professional associations, is introducing new measures to cap service charges and ensure the tax exemption of tips. Under the proposal, hospitality businesses...
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The Hungarian Catering Industry Association welcomes the decision of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture regarding the service charge
The Hungarian Catering Industry Association (MVI) welcomes the decision of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture regarding the service charge, according to which its maximum amount will be higher than...
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Tip or service fee
Service fee is a statutory type of revenue for a catering establishment that can only be used to pay the wages of its staff. It is paid to all employees,...
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New regulation in hospitality: the service fee is maximized, the tip goes directly to the servers
According to the new decree of the Hungarian government, the service charge in restaurants will be maximized at 12 percent, and tips will be treated separately. The goal is for...
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GVH clarifies the difference between a tip and a service fee
Catering establishments are increasingly applying the service fee, which they can freely set, but which must be displayed on the menu and other information surfaces. Bálint Horváth, head of communications...
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NGM – Why is the tip not tax-free in practice?
In an interview with Radio Kossuth on Friday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán explained that the government’s intention is to make tips tax-free, as this is currently not the case, the...
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Great Hungarian tipping overview
With the conquest of digital payment and the service charge included in the bill, tipping is undergoing a transformation. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/6-7 According...
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Is it a tip or a service charge? Not the same thing!
There is often great uncertainty as to whether the service fee applied almost everywhere today is the same as the concept of a tip, and if it is charged, whether...
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Prices are rising again in domestic restaurants
Recently, more and more restaurants have decided not to reflect the costs to their guests in the price of food and drinks, but rather to raise the service fee. Due...
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Taxation of tips did not fulfill the hopes of the Romanian government
Taxation of tips did not fulfill the hopes of the Romanian government, much less tips were declared than expected, so less personal income tax was paid on this account for...
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Jattfláció
Egyre több borravaló egyre kevesebb szolgáltatásért: terjedő jelenség ez az Egyesült Államokban. A Square pénzügyi tanácsadó cég adatai szerint az amerikaiak 2022 utolsó negyedévében 17%-kal több borravalót adtak az éttermekben, mint...
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HelloPay’s tipping practice is fine according to GVH
The Economic Competition Authority (GVH) has completed the investigation against the operator of HelloPay payment terminals. The original investigation was launched in November 2022 because HelloPay was suspected of engaging...
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Tipping around the world in 2023
YouGov examined the issue in 7 Northern and Western European countries (Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark) and the USA. Some respondents also feel that they have to...
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In Romania, a new law was passed on the taxation of tips
In Romania, the House of Representatives adopted a new law on the taxation of tips on Tuesday, after a similar law was withdrawn after a few months in 2015. Based...
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Beer tip – Picture of the day
An American restaurant’s rather didactic but highly creative reference to tipping....
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Waiters and psychologists (Part 2)
How can restaurant staff influence guests to spend more? Our magazine tries to answer this question with the help of a specialist. It is vital for waiters to know everything...
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Bank card payment and tips
Representatives of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) and the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) regularly meet for harmonisation talks in the field of managing tips. Károly Zerényi, a...
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Simpler tip management rules
The representatives of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) and the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) have already sat down many times to simplify the rules of tip management....
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Better times!
Before the pandemic the University of Jena prepared a study, which found that guests are nicer to bar and restaurant staff in the evening than during the day, based on...
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(HU) Aktualizált tájékoztató a borravaló és a felszolgálási díj kezeléséről
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Tips and how things work in real life
A recent court decision ruled that if tip money is placed in the till, it must be handled separately and the actual sum in the till can only differ from...
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Magazine: Tip and service fee
Károly Zerényi, a member of the body of representatives of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) has written a guide on the difference between a tip and a service fee,...
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Magazine: Bridge building
The Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) and National Tax and Customs Administration’s (NAV) Pest County directorate organised a conference together for the third time. On 29 May Dr Mihály Minya,...
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The spread of credit card payments increase the revenue of hospitality
The credit card payments at restaurants may increase revenue by about 7-8 percent, mainly due to faster and seamless service. In addition, the tip is not influenced by bank card...
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Magazin: MVI-NAV talks
On 26 September 2108 the representatives of the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI) and the Pest County Directorate of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) met to discuss the...
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The service fee may end the era of tip
We expect that the salaries of employees to rise officially. Since the service fee is only paid to employees, it is not necessary to put a tip on it, and...
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The Romanian government has abolished the taxation of tips
The government decree on the taxation of tips has been in force since early May in Romania. The Romanian government terminates the taxation on tips that was introduced a few...
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Tip to be taxed in Romania
Tip to be taxed in Romania – the Romanian government adopted the emergency regulation on the matter on Wednesday in Bucharest. According to the provision, the commercial units must register...
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