Under the current regulations, all operators of catering businesses (restaurants, bars, fast food outlets, pubs, hotels, other accommodation providers) operating in Hungary - i.e. their owners or tenants - must register their catering business with the NTAK.
Useful facts
Discontinued Cash Register types
48/2013. (XI. 15.) NGM Decree Section 22 (4) Cash registers with a revoked distribution license may be operated for 5 years from the date on which the decision to revoke the distribution license becomes final. Section 22(5) Notwithstanding Section 4, a cash register with a revoked distribution license may not be operated from the date on which the...
Repersonalisation
This happens when the tax number or, more precisely, the registration number of the operator of an online cash register changes. So, when a business moves its registered office to another address and thus changes the last two digits of its tax number or enters or leaves the VAT scope, it does not need to be re-personalised. In this case,...
Annual review
The annual inspection must be carried out within 365 days of the date of purchase or the last inspection. This is basically the responsibility of the operator, but there are service providers who take on this unpleasant burden—keeping track of the due date—from the operator.
Credit card acceptance
There are several ways to handle this: we can purchase or rent the device, accept payments via a smart device, etc.
Used Cash Register
Buying used technical equipment—in this case, a cash register—is not as risky as one might think at first glance.
Cash register rental
Cash register rental – who is it suitable for?
Hand recepit
Mikor lehet kézzel kiállított egyszerűsített nyugtát adni?
Malfunction and Replacement machine request
The operator may request a replacement cash register from the service provider if their own cash register breaks down.
This is mainly regulated by two NGM (National Economy Ministrí) decrees, one being Government Decree 48/2013. (XI. 15.) and the other being Supplementary Government Decree 9/2016. (III. 25.).











