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What a compliant invoice must show in Hungary.

The fields, the party identifiers, the exact statutory wording for each tax treatment and the HUF rule — each cited to the statute or the tax authority, not a summary of one.

Tax figure in HUF Legal format EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) PDF counts as the invoice

What the invoice must show

The content Hungary's rules put on the face of the document, beyond the parties, line items and totals every invoice carries.

Document title
Számla Invoice
Tax shown in
HUFaz adó forintban is feltüntetendő — MNB vagy választott hitelintézeti árfolyam (Áfa tv. 80. §, 172. §)
Payment terms
Due date or payment terms required

How each party is identified

The registration numbers and their formats the Hungary rules expect on the invoice.

Seller
Adószám VAT number · 8-1-2 digits (HU + 8 for intra-EU) · always
Seller
Cégjegyzékszám company registration number · 01-09-123456 · companies
Buyer
Adószám buyer VAT number · adószám (8-1-2) or an EU VAT number · when registered for the tax

The exact wording, by tax treatment

When no tax is charged, the invoice has to say why — in the words the law names. Each is linked to the statute or tax authority it was read from.

fordított adózás (Áfa tv. 142. §)Reverse charge
Intra-Community supplystatute ↗
Adómentes Közösségen belüli termékértékesítés — Áfa tv. 89. §VAT exempt intra-Community supply
Adómentes termékexport — Áfa tv. 98. §VAT exempt export
Adómentes — Áfa tv. 85–86. §VAT exempt
Out of scopestatute ↗
Területi hatályon kívüli — teljesítés helye külföld (Áfa tv. 37. §)Not taxable in Hungary
Foreign seller (import)statute ↗
Magyar áfa nélkül — harmadik országból történő értékesítés; az import áfát az importáló fizeti (Áfa tv. 24. §)VAT not charged — supply outside the scope of Hungarian VAT; import VAT is accounted for on importation by the importer (Art. 2(1)(d), 30, 70 and 201, Directive 2006/112/EC).
The client's step: Every invoice issued under a Hungarian tax number is reported to NAV Online Számla in real time — the client's software step.

Áfa tv. 169. §: kelte, sorszám, eladó adószáma, vevő adószáma (belföldi adóalanynál), nevek/címek, megnevezés/mennyiség, teljesítés napja, adóalap, egységár, engedmény, adómérték, áthárított adó forintban.

The format, and who sends it

A plain PDF still counts as the invoice in Hungary; a structured e-invoice is accepted where the buyer asks for it.

Legal format(s)
EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) · PDF invoice
Transmission
A clearance platform or accredited channel — the seller's own step (see above)

Don't just look these rules up. Generate them.

Invoice by Juros-AI builds the Hungary e-invoice — EN 16931 UBL (Peppol BIS 3.0) — and checks it against the official schema on your own machine before anything is sent. Invoice by Juros-AI reads any invoice into clean data and is adding compliant invoice creation — the same rules on this page, built into the engine, run entirely on your own hardware. No cloud, nothing uploaded, no figure invented.

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Every generated invoice is validated on your machine against the official artefacts — the OASIS UBL/CII schemas, the CEN EN 16931 schematron, Peppol BIS 3.0, KoSIT XRechnung, FatturaPA, KSeF FA(3) and the Peppol PINT packages. This page is a reference for build scoping; it is not legal or tax advice.

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