A new era begins in Hungary on October 1, when mothers raising three children will no longer have to pay personal income tax, State Secretary for Families Zsófia Koncz announced in a Facebook video message on Wednesday.

Koncz emphasized that the exemption applies regardless of the mothers’ age or whether their children are still young or already adults. The measure could benefit as many as 250,000 women nationwide.

She explained that a mother earning 300,000 forints a month will keep around 45,000 forints more, while those with a 600,000 forint salary will save 90,000 forints. For mothers earning the national average wage, the exemption will mean over 100,000 forints more per month, amounting to more than one million forints annually.

The state secretary noted that the tax relief can be claimed by submitting a simple advance declaration form to one’s employer or through the National Tax and Customs Administration’s website. Mothers who do so in October will already receive their increased salaries in November. Those who wait can still apply it retrospectively in their annual tax return and receive the benefit in a lump sum.

Koncz added that if a family still has underage children, many mothers may end up paying neither taxes nor contributions, effectively taking home their full gross salary as net income.

Looking ahead, she highlighted that from 2026, mothers under 40 with two children will also gain income tax exemption, and from January next year, the government will raise family tax allowances by a further 50 percent.

“With these steps, Europe’s largest family tax reduction program continues, because we believe in tax cuts, not in tax hikes — unlike those who, at Brussels’ bidding, want to burden Hungarian families with higher taxes,” Koncz declared.