Snapshot
VAT / 20%
VAT for export / 0%
VAT for EU deliveries / 0%
Fixed exchange rate since 1997 /
1 EUR = 1,95583 BGN
Reimbursement of VAT / 30 days
Corporate income tax / 10%
Tax on dividends to individuals / 5%
Tax on dividends to EU companies / 0%
Minimum Share capital BGN 2 (EUR 1)
Withholding tax / 10%
Personal income tax / 10%
Social expenses / 10%
Representative expenses / 10%
Expenses on vehicles / 10%
Double taxation treaty Bulgaria - Romania
Time-scale for incorporation / 1 week
Why to incorporate a company in Bulgaria ?
It has never been that easy to take full advantage of the common European market by paying the lowest taxes in the whole EU!
Predictable and stable economic and political environment.
Fixed exchange rate BGN/EUR
The lowest operating cost in a European market economy
Low set up cost
Main difference in Taxation
| Bulgaria | Romania | |
Regular VAT | 20% | 24% |
Corporate tax | 10% | 16% |
Withholding tax on Dividends for Entity Shareholder | 0% | 10% |
Withholding tax on Dividends for Individual Shareholder | 5% | 16% |
The Corporate taxes in EU
| 1 | Bulgaria |
10.0% |
| 2 | Cyprus |
10.0% |
| 3 | Ireland |
12.5% |
| 4 | Latvia |
15.0% |
| 5 | Lithuania |
15.0% |
| 6 | Romania |
16.0% |
| 7 | Czech rep. |
19.0% |
| 8 | Poland |
19.0% |
| 9 | Slovakia |
19.0% |
| 10 | Hungary |
19.0% |
| 11 | Slovenia |
20.0% |
| 12 | Estonia |
21.0% | 13 | Luxemburg |
21.8% |
| 14 | Greece |
24.0% |
| 15 | Austria |
25.0% |
| 16 | Denmark |
25.0% |
| 17 | Netherlands |
25.5% |
| 18 | Finland |
26.0% |
| 19 | Sweden |
26.3% |
| 20 | Portugal |
26.5% |
| 21 | United Kingdom |
28.0% |
| 22 | spain |
30.0% |
| 23 | italy |
31.4% |
| 24 | Germany |
33.3% |
| 25 | france |
33.3% |
| 26 | belgium |
34.0% |
| 27 | malta |
35.0% |
Average EU |
23.2% | |
