Information on Mandatory Registration with the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI)

Please note that the due date of the 2023 registration fee with the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) is 31 March 2023.

Information on registration with the regional chambers of commerce in Hungary

I.) GENERAL INFORMATION

On 21 November 2011, the Parliament adopted the bill on the amendment of certain tax laws and other related laws, which includes the amendment of Act CXXI of 1999 on Economic Chambers (hereinafter: Act CXXI of 1999 on Economic Chambers).

The amendment contains three important changes, according to which, based on the new provisions that entered into force on January 1, 2012, business organisations are obliged to:

- initiate their registration with the Chamber,

- pay an annual contribution of 5,000 HUF for the performance of the Chamber's public tasks. The amount paid is deducted from the membership fee for voluntary members.

After 1 January 2022, due to the amendment of Act CXXI of 1999 on Economic Chambers, both existing and newly established businesses will have to pay the contribution fee to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on its bank account number 12100011-10639683 held at Gránit Bank. The 11-digit tax number of the company must be entered in the reference field to identify the payment.

If the company is in arrears with the payment of the contribution fee for the period prior to 31 December 2021, it must continue to pay it to the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (hereinafter: BCCI) to bank account number 10102086-02614500-02003005 held at MBH Bank. If the 2022 contribution fee has already been paid to the BCCI, it will be settled with the MCCI, thus no further payment is required.

Payment of the contribution fee due in 2021 and earlier years:

Fee: 5,000 HUF/year

Payment: in person, by postal money order, by bank transfer

Address: 1016 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 99. fsz.

Postal address: 1535 Budapest, Pf. 903.

Bank account number: MGH Bank 10102086-02614500-02003005

Beneficiary name: Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)

Reference: tax number of the company

International Bank Account Number: HU37 1010 2086 0261 4500 0200 3005

SWIFT code: MKKBHUHB

Tax number of BCCI: 18067666-2-41

Payment of the contribution fee due in 2022:

Fee: 5,000 HUF/year

Payment: in person, by bank transfer

Address: 1016 Budapest, Krisztina krt. 99. fsz.

Postal address: 1535 Budapest, Pf. 903.

Bank account number: Gránit Bank 12100011-10639683

Beneficiary name: Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI)

Reference: tax number of the company

International Bank Account Number: HU90 1210 0011 1063 9683 0000 0000

SWIFT code: GNBAHUHB

The Chamber is obliged to provide them with the services specified in the law (advice on economic, financial, tax matters, access to credit; business partner search and tender monitoring) free of charge.

Should you have any questions, please contact us at the Registry Office. We offer a wide range of advice free of charge by e-mail, telephone and in person. Business organisations that have complied with the legal requirements in previous years and have been registered with the Chamber (have a registration number) do not have to provide data this year (unless they have changed), but are still required to pay the contribution fee based on the provisions of the law.

Businesses that have not yet registered or paid their contribution fee are urged to make up for it as soon as possible.

1. Newly established partnerships shall apply for registration with the regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry of their place of establishment within 5 days of the registration of their businesses, while individual entrepreneurs shall apply for registration at the same time as they give notice of the commencement of their business activity. Subsequently they are to pay the contribution fee to the bank account of HCCI: Gránit Bank 12100011-10639683.

2. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, every business organisation, in the event of its termination or of a change in the data contained in the Chamber's register, must apply to the regional economic chamber that maintains the register within five working days to have its data deleted from the Chamber's register or to have the data modified. The processes of data modification and data deletion from the Chamber's register are free of charge.

3. It is important to note that membership remains voluntary; therefore registered businesses do not become members of the Chamber upon registration.

4. The amendment does not affect the agricultural sector, i.e. it does not apply to businesses whose core activities are agricultural activities, to farmers and chambers of agriculture.

*Those who have failed to comply with the legal requirements (registration and payment of the contribution fee) can expect that the National Tax and Customs Administration (NTCA) will collect the fee, since it is considered unpaid public dues.

II.) THE METHOD OF REGISTRATION

- online (internet)

- paper (by post, in person, via e-mail)

a) The most efficient way to register business organisations is through online registration.

The main steps are the following:

To start the programme, click on the following link: Online registration

If you choose to register as a Client Gate Login, the registration process will be completed by clicking on the blue "Submit form electronically" button as the last step after filling in the fields.

If you choose to register as "Continue with client gate without logging in", you will need to follow the steps below:

1 Fill in the required information.

2 Fill in the optional information.

3 Click on “Download the registration form” on the last page to download the completed form (PDF format).

4 Print the displayed PDF document on your computer.

5 Sign it with your signature.

6 Send the form to the Chamber in one of the following ways:

- by post (1535 Budapest, Pf. 903.)

- as an e-mail attachment after scanning the signed form (regisztracio@bkik.hu).

Please fill in the contact details and the e-mail address of the contact person properly, as these information will be used to notify you of the result and for subsequent online data modification.

Some advice on how to use the programme:

Some of the fields are checked by the program in terms of form and content. If it finds an error, it will highlight the error in red and mark the incorrect data.

Moving the mouse over the blue “i” in front of the windows will display information on how to fill in the data.

b) In addition to online registration, business organisations may also fulfil their registration obligations in other ways.

You can submit your request regarding the registration after filling in and signing the form, which can be printed out from the website:

- by post (1535 Budapest, Pf. 903.)

- in person (1016, Budapest Krisztina krt. 99. fsz. - customer service)

- after scanning as an e-mail attachment (regisztracio@bkik.hu)

The registration form is available here: Registration form

Contact details and opening hours of the BCCI customer service:

III.) PAYMENT OF THE CONTRIBUTION FEE

a) In the case of contribution fees due in 2021 and earlier years:

- by bank transfer

- in cash or by credit card (at the customer service)

- by postal money order (available on request at the customer service)

The submitted registration requests can only be fulfilled after the HUF 5,000 contribution fee has been credited to the BCCI’s bank account 10102086-02614500-02003005 (MBH Bank).

When transferring the amount, the tax number of the company must be indicated in the reference field.

In addition to bank transfer, it is also possible to pay in cash or by credit card at the customer service, or by postal money order, which can be requested at the customer service.

The applicant receives an electronic notification of the registration from the regional chamber of commerce and industry (if the applicant has provided an e-mail address), which includes the registration number of the company as well as the fact that the HUF 5,000 contribution fee has been paid. The contribution fee will not be invoiced, but will be deductible on the basis of the bank receipt or the receipt of payment.

The Chamber shall account for the contribution fee paid by the business organisation in the order in which it is due, in settlement of the oldest applicable debt of the business organisation.

b) In the case of contribution fees due in 2022:

- by bank transfer

- in cash or by credit card (at the customer service)

The submitted registration requests can only be fulfilled after the HUF 5,000 contribution fee has been credited to the HCCI’s bank account 12100011-10639683 (Gránit Bank).

When transferring the amount, the tax number of the company must be indicated in the reference field.

In addition to bank transfer, it is also possible to pay in cash or by credit card at the customer service of the HCCI or BCCI.

The applicant receives an electronic notification of the registration from the regional chamber of commerce and industry (if the applicant has provided an e-mail address), which includes the registration number of the company as well as the fact that the HUF 5,000 contribution fee has been paid. The contribution fee will not be invoiced, but will be deductible on the basis of the bank receipt or the receipt of payment.

The Chamber shall account for the contribution fee paid by the business organisation in the order in which it is due, in settlement of the oldest applicable debt of the business organisation.

Additional forms are required for data modification, which are only required after the paper registration form has been sent. In the case of online registration, requests regarding data modification can be made via www.knyr.mkik.hu: