Most Hungarians welcome the new elements of the family tax reduction program
In 2026, Europe’s largest family tax reduction program will continue. From 1 January, all mothers of one under the age of 30 and all two-child mothers under the age of 40 will be exempt from personal income tax, while the family tax allowance will be doubled. According to a survey conducted by the Mária Kopp Institute for Demography and Families (KINCS), two thirds of Hungarians support the new measures, and three quarters believe that tax allowances provide tangible support in everyday life both for large families and for single-parent families.
The results of a nationally representative survey conducted by KINCS at the end of 2025 show that Hungarians are well informed about the new elements of the family tax reduction program. The measure most widely known is the full exemption from personal income tax on earned income for mothers under 30 (90%), followed by the lifelong personal income tax exemption for two-child women under 40 (88%), and the doubling of the family tax allowance (86%). Parents and older respondents were the best informed about all three measures.
The further increase in the amount of the family tax allowance is supported by 70% of respondents, and the same proportion also consider it necessary. The measure is particularly popular among those raising children, but agreement is also high among the childless, at 63%. Sixty-seven percent agree with the personal income tax exemption for mothers under 30, and 64% support the exemption for two-child women under 40; nearly two thirds believe that introducing tax exemption is justified and useful. Agreement is especially high among parents, but more than half of childless respondents also support the benefits affecting mothers. Respondents also consider mothers’ tax exemption an important step because three quarters (75%) believe that it is ideal for a woman to have her first child before the age of 30, and two thirds (68%) think it is beneficial if the second child is born before the age of 40.
Three quarters of Hungarians believe that family tax reduction measures provide genuine support for all families, regardless of the number of children. A similar proportion believe that the doubling of the family tax allowance and mothers’ personal income tax exemption also offer substantial support to single-parent families, including single mothers (77%). Close to 80% of respondents—whether divorced or married, raising children or childless—agree with this statement.
According to public opinion, the new elements of family tax reduction therefore support parents across all family types and age groups, and two thirds of Hungarians believe they will also have a positive impact on economic processes. From 1 January, the program’s measures will provide one million families with an increased family tax allowance. From 2026, half a million mothers—and from 2029, one million mothers—will be guaranteed full personal income tax exemption, thereby contributing to the strengthening of families’ financial stability and to the elimination of the wage gap between men and women.
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