Termination of the Registration or Deregistration of Foreign Person Registered under VATA

1. The registration of the foreign person shall be terminated upon the availability of the general provisions under the VATA for deregistration. The deregistration shall be executed in compliance with art.109 form VATA – Procedure for deregistration initiated by the foreign person.
2. When the foreign person had not determined a new Fiscal representative then the tax authorities would have initiated a procedure for termination of the VAT registration. In… Continue reading »

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VAT Registration Types and VAT Registration Procedure of a Bulgarian Company – part II

We will continue our previous post about the VAT registration types and VAT registration procedure of a Bulgarian company. If you have missed the first part please read it here first…

3. Registration procedure

According to VATA, Art. 101: “The registration shall be carried out by submission of an application for registration according to an Application form to the competent territorial directorate of the National Revenue Agency

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VAT Registration Types and VAT Registration Procedure of a Bulgarian Company – part I

After the company has been established, it could be registered as VAT payer. The registration under the Bulgarian VATA is compulsory or voluntary. The National Revenue Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria creates and maintains special register under VATA. Along with the entry in the register the legal entities shall acquire identification number for the purposes of VAT in front of which shall be placed the sign “BG”.

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Changes in the General Provisions on the Employees of the Bulgarian Company since 2008

Personal income tax (PIT) and social security (SS) compliance: As of January 1st 2008 the PIT was reduced to a flat rate of 10%. It is levied on the gross amount of the salary decreased with the statutory social security contributions paid for the account of the employee.

The aggregate rate of SS contributions for 2008 is 33.4%. SS contributions are levied on the gross monthly salary of the… Continue reading »

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Bulgarian Tax Legislation requirements for Market Relations between Related Companies

Bulgarian tax legislation requires that transactions between related entities are carried out in line with the market principle and conditions (i.e. as if the parties involved were not related and market conditions applied). In view of the above all transactions between related parties (supply of goods and services, financing, etc.) should be substantiated with reasonable documents evidencing their market nature (i.e. contracts, invoices, performance reports, protocols, evidences of similar transactions… Continue reading »

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