Wage garnishment shall be implemented from the base amount remaining after deduction of all taxes (tax advances), social security contributions, private pension fund membership dues and other deductions prescribed by law to be withheld from wages. From the amount, after these deductions generally no more than 33 per cent, or no more than 50 per cent under special circumstances, may be deducted. From the amount remaining after the deductions, the portion of monthly wages that exceeds 200 000 HUF may be subject to garnishment without restrictions.

Deduction of no more than 50 per cent may be effected from employee’s wages for the following claims: support, for employee’s wages from the judgment debtor, employee’s wages and social security benefits received without entitlement. In the case of more than one garnishment order, the amount withheld may not exceed 50 per cent of the employee’s wages.

During the deduction, the part of the monthly salary that does not exceed 60 000 HUF is exempt from enforcement, with the exception if the subject of enforcement is to collect child support or childbirth-related costs (Vht. 61. §, 65. §).

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that ” wage garnishment ” and ” procedural actions that can be performed on funds carried by payment service providers ” – that is, the official transfer order, colloquially “debt collection” – are classified as two separate types of enforcement actions. The restrictions on the blocking of wages do not apply to the amounts otherwise available in the bank account. As a result, it may be legal if the independent bailiff applies wage garnishment and debt collection at the same time.