Thanks for answering budapest.
Do you know if there is any way that we can reduce this cost as we seem to have been somewhat stung by this bad advice - it's cost us thousands over the years. It seems unfair that we have to pay stamp duty twice - we're guessing that this is 4% of the value of the apartment?
For example, can the company 'give' the apartment to us to repay our loans to it - we have effectively loaned the company every forint - can we not simply ask the company to repay us and walk away? Or, can we not sell it to ourselves for a very low price?
Secondly, failing this, how do we value the apartment for sale to calculate the stamp duty? It has almost certainly lost value and will be worth less than when we bought it (we're guessing at a premium). It is in our interest to get a low valuation.