From the 2026 budget audit
50 million forints of unspecified spending inside a ministry ownership block
A small undifferentiated 'other' line attached to the Ministry of National Economy's ownership portfolio — spending the budget document does not name.
Roughly 12 Ft per taxpayer per year — 50 million Ft with no stated purpose in the budget text.
What you see — and what you don't
The seen: a budget allocation flowing somewhere inside the NGM's ownership operations. The unseen: the specific function it funds, which neither the budget document nor any citizen can identify or evaluate.
Objection
"It is only 50 million — not worth the attention."
Answer
The amount is small; the principle is the same as the 8-billion-forint 'other' line in the same chapter. Unspecified spending cannot be shown to fund a necessary function regardless of its size. The 3-year phase-out gives one budget cycle for genuine residual costs to be named and moved to specific lines; spending that cannot be named reaches zero.
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The analyst's verdict
Other expenditures (NGM)
Rationale
A small undifferentiated "other" line attached to the NGM ownership-rights block. As with the larger "egyéb" asset-management line, an unspecified residual category cannot be shown to fund a named necessary function. The amount is minor, but the principle is the same one applied to the 8,000.0 millió Ft line: unspecified discretionary allocation is classified for itemisation and reallocation, not defaulted to Keep.
Transition mechanism
A 3-year linear phase-out; genuine residual costs are itemised and migrated to named lines, the remainder reaches zero. Year 1 saves 16.7 millió Ft.
Affected groups
None identifiable.
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