[size=85:17kgjaen]Standart 19 July 2010

New School Tax to Be Introduced in Bulgaria

Municipality where our children study will collect 2-percent income tax

The latest idea about filling community budgets that landed on the Bulgarian financial pundits is the introduction of a school tax. About two percent of household incomes will be paid over to the municipality where our child is studying. The proposal was voiced by deputy finance minister Vladislav Goranov. The collected taxes will be allotted for the maintenance of kindergartens, parks, paving, etc. The problem is that currently income taxes are paid to the municipality that issued your ID. Many people, however, work in one town while their children study in the other. That is why the idea is to let them use community services only in a place where they have address registration. For instance, if your child goes to school or daycare center in Sofia you have to be a holder of Sofia-registered ID.

What a load of codswallop!!! It is the governments responsibility to provide funding for maintenance such as parks etc, after all they get sufficient funding from the EU etc. What fool thought up the idea that the struggling families can pay yet another stupid tax The families are only just managing to make ends meet - let alone pay yet another tax. Some families have to do 2 or 3 jobs to survive. Why can't they look at the more lucrative companies like banks, insurance companies, etc, slap a tax on there for say smoking or go the whole hog and eat at the office

Oddy

Ripping off b**tards,

I have to say Berni your completely right it is a load of rubbish and as nearlythere say they are only ripping of those who already can't really afford to live as it is

When I lived in Russia in the 90's, we once calculated that if a business actually paid every tax they were supposed to, they would be spending 127% of their income. Bulgaria is coming to look much the same.

Regards, George.