E-sport and gambling

1. Meaning of e-sport Although e-sport is a relatively new phenomenon it already has a significant marketplace with a view to growing economic potential with the related revenues increasing year-on-year. What does e-sport mean? At present e-sport has no organic definition accepted by all. Referring to the brit e-sport association’s (British Esports Association, hereinafter ’BEA’) definition, e-sport or electronical sport is a name for all competitive videogames where the players…

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Startup Ecosystem in Slovakia

Have you ever thought about expanding your startup to Slovakia? The position between several European countries, growing infrastructure and euro currency lure many foreign investors and entrepreneurs and this article will explain you some basic obstacles you will have to overcome in order to successfully open your business in Slovakia. Startup scene in Slovakia has grown tremendously in the past couple of years, also thanks to governmental support including for…

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KATA – Start-up friendly tax system in Hungary

KATA is a mosaic word for the so called Fixed-Rate Tax of Low Tax-Bracket Enterprises and on Small Business Tax whose detailed rules are regulated in the Act CXLVII of 2012 on the Fixed-Rate Tax of Low Tax-Bracket Enterprises and on Small Business Tax (afterwards: KATA Act). This tax system has been introduced originally for small taxpayers, i.e. low tax-bracket enterprises and for small businesses and allows a system for…

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FAQ – Establishing a company in Hungary

Companies in Hungary are legal persons, i.e. they have legal capacity, the shall be entitled to have rights and obligations. Their legal capacity covers all rights and obligations that do not inherently pertain solely to individual human beings (e.g.: religious beliefs), consequently the provision ont he protection of personality rights shall also apply to the inherent rights of legal persons as well. Legal persons may be established only in a…

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