Either the NAV Is Secretly Giving Money to Half of Hungarian Pensioners, or Something Is Wrong with the Poverty Statistics

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A large number of people whose net income was higher than their gross income were included in the poverty statistics, in such a way that the database shows that they receive more money from the Tax and Customs Administration than they paid in taxes, and in the end, completely different gross incomes resulted in the same net income for every penny. And so they just slipped above the poverty line.

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According to the income data of the Central Statistical Office, NAV supplemented the income of those who would have remained below the poverty line without it. This is revealed in an article by Válasz Online, which presents a recent study. In 2020, 52 percent of the pensioners surveyed lived in households that did not pay taxes, but received them – at least on paper. In April, Válasz Online already reported that the Central Statistical Office ha…

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According to the income data of the Central Statistical Office, the Tax Authority sometimes supports those who would otherwise fall below the poverty line with hundreds of thousands of kuna. Based on the data, the tax authority is particularly generous with pensioners: in 2020, 52 percent of the old-age pensioners included in the study lived in a household that did not pay, but received, the tax. Válasz Online wrote in April that something was v…