On a news about Hungary’s complicated taxation system which put the country as runner up for the world’s highest tax payers, Világgasdaság Online has reported an interesting finding. Since January 1, 2001, it has been made legal that we must pay tax after our illegal income. Did I say illegal? I mean illegal; that is income we may receive from robbery, corruption, selling illegal things, and the list goes on. It’s 18 to 38%, depends on the amount.

Still confused? For example if you robbed a bank and “earned” 1 million Ft from it, you would have to pay 18% of it. Of course you would still be punished; jail would still be waiting for you; but that’s another story. Another thing, if you bought a pistol for robbing the bank, then it would be included in your expense—which means you don’t have to pay 20% of the price of the pistol. So, the total amount of your tax would be:
(1 million Ft x 18%) – (pistol price x 20%).
To sum up, it works the same way as any other normal companies.

I’m speechless.