BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's tax authority has questioned two men over a fake contract that, if fulfilled, would have involved the sale of nearly half a million tonnes of sugar - more than the country's annual sugar consumption - and a massive tax refund.
Value-added tax fraud is a serious problem in the country, which lifted the levy to 27 percent, the highest in the European Union, on many product groups in 2011.
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