据托马斯·埃斯克里特报道，匈牙利总理彼得·马加尔宣布，从明年起匈牙利将开征财富税，此举兑现了他在竞选时作出的承诺，即让富人承担更多公共责任。
Hungary will impose a wealth tax from next year, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said, fulfilling a election pledge to make the rich shoulder a larger share of public obligations.
马加尔在周二发布的一段脸书视频中称，对于资产超过10亿福林（约合310万美元）的个人，将征收1%的财富税；若资产超过1000亿福林，税率则升至1.5%。该税项将于2027年1月1日正式生效。
A 1% levy will be applied on assets exceeding 1 billion forint ($3.1 million) while the tax rises to 1.5% above 100 billion forint, Magyar said in a Facebook video on Tuesday. The tax will come into force on Jan. 1, 2027, he said.
今年4月，马加尔在选举中大获全胜。他此前曾严厉批评维克托·欧尔班执政16年间出现的腐败现象，这段时期还催生了一批与政界关系密切的超级富豪，其中就包括欧尔班自己的家人。
Magyar won a landslide election in April after railing against corruption under the 16-year rule of Viktor Orban, which saw a new class of politically-connected super-rich emerge, including Orban’s own family.
“当时有不少新晋的亿万富翁同胞试图游说以抵制这项税收，”马加尔说道，“不过他们的努力并未奏效。我建议他们堂堂正正地缴税。”当前，为增加财政收入并缩小贫富差距，征收财富税的提议正日益受到大西洋两岸政界人士的青睐。加利福尼亚州正在研究征收亿万富翁税的可能性，纽约也提出了多项新税收方案。瑞典各政党也在探讨征收财富税的可行性；而在挪威，该举措甚至导致大量民众为逃避更高税负而移居国外。
“There were a lot of newly minted billionaire compatriots who tried to lobby against the wealth,” Magyar said, adding that they were unsuccessful. “I suggest they pay the tax honorably.”Wealth levy proposals are gaining ground on both sides of the Atlantic as politicians seek to boost funding and reduce inequality. California is weighing a billionaires’ tax and New York has floated several new levies. Swedish political parties have also been considering a wealth tax while in Norway that has led scores to move abroad to escape higher levies.
根据匈牙利本地版《福布斯》最新发布的富豪榜，共有28名匈牙利人的财富估值超过1000亿福林。欧尔班的童年好友洛林茨·梅萨罗斯涉足银行业、能源业、旅游业、建筑业及农业等多个领域，其资产总值高达55亿美元，位居榜单榜首。
In Hungary, the latest rich list from the local publication of Forbes had 28 Hungarians with an estimated wealth exceeding 100 billion forint. Lorinc Meszaros, Orban’s childhood friend who has wide-ranging interests in banking, energy, tourism, construction and agriculture, topped the list with assets valued at $5.5 billion.
该税收每年征收一次，纳税人需自行申报资产状况。根据规定，只有那些截至2026年底资产超过10亿福林的人，才须在明年8月31日前提交申报材料。
The tax would be paid once a year based on a self-assessment filed by individuals, with only those with assets of more than a billion forint needing to file the paperwork by Aug. 31 of next year, based on asset valuations at the end of 2026.
马加尔并未透露政府预计能从财富税中获得多少收入。该税种将被纳入明年备受瞩目的预算草案中，该草案定于10月15日发布，被视为检验政府落实预算整顿决心的重要标尺。
Magyar didn’t say how much revenue the government intended to generate from the wealth tax. The levy will be part of next year’s highly anticipated budget draft, which is due to be published by Oct. 15 and which is seen as a litmus test of the government’s commitment to consolidate the budget.
为达到欧元区的各项标准——包括债务与赤字指标——马加尔承诺到2030年将预算赤字规模缩减至国内生产总值（GDP）的3%。这一目标旨在为最终加入欧元区铺平道路。
Magyar has pledged to reduce the budget shortfall to 3% of gross domestic product by 2030 in order to meet euro criteria, including on debt and deficit, by the end of the decade, ahead of the eventual adoption of the common currency.