Google translation so a little jumbled But is this good news for people with none active companies

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just mailed my accountant to ask re the above

There was information about this in Nov, I questioned it and have had the below reply, should it help?
To save complications !! I have opted and completed a POA for my legal office to continue submitting on my behalf.

Regarding the Vehicle section, I believe that this was mentioned to be implemented a year or so back, in as much that you did not have to produce proof of Local tax payment as the garages should be able to link into the online register and check?? I still have to produce a receipt of payment?

Reply re New Tax submission

According to the last amendment of the accountancy legislation starting from 1st of January 2018 the only way for submitting of tax returns is to submit it online /via a special program of NRA/.

It means that now managers of Bulgarian companies will have either to obtain electronic signatures and to submit the Tax Returns themselves or to authorise accountants or solicitors who also have electronic signatures.

That is why for submitting of the tax returns for 2017 we will ask managers of companies to provide a special POA in order we are able to submit Tax Returns or to authorise our accountant.

in order to fill in the form of Tax returns, we will need Bulgarian TIN of the manager and of the owner of the company.

Such TIN number can be:

- The PIN number – for Bulgarian citizens and foreigners with temporary/permanent residency permit for Bulgaria

- The BULSTAT number – for foreigners who have real estates in Bulgaria /as the estate should be registered on the personal name of the foreigner/

- Or a special tax identification number issued by the NRA.

If You have a residency permit you have PIN /and TIN/

We will notify NRA and will submit the Tax Returns of your company which is why when we will start to prepare the accountancy reports I will send you a POA

Hope it clears things a bit,? if in doubt seek advice is my suggestion....

Bill

Thanks Bill

There was me thinking they will abolish tax returns. Dreaming eh!

Afraid you were two things in life you cannot avoid, Death and the Taxman
Not abolishing but changing the way they are submitted, with the other changes pending it appears they are trying to get everything online??

bulgariabill wrote:

Afraid you were    two things in life you cannot avoid, Death and the Taxman
Not abolishing but changing the way they are submitted, with the other changes pending it appears they are trying to get everything online??

Actually this online submitting stuff is quite good. Have done a few things and been straight forward once you are set up.  So maybe the bg none tax returns will be just as easy.   I want to get rid of the company but seems this is not a good idea as yet.

My friend just sold his house in BG and because he had closed the company account some years ago as he was not using it and they were charging him 8lev a month to keep it open so he closed it. The money from the sale cannot be transferred to his personal account so he has had to open another company account all time consuming. He is waiting for the transaction now but they also told him he would have to pay tax on the sale ie 20% profit of the sale. And of course to draw/transfer the funds out of the account he will have to pay more charges. I wonder if he will end up with anything.  It really is all about money here but we don't know these things until we need to do something.