We're just getting started - expect articles on accounting, VAT, company formation, and everything else you need to know as a small business owner in Bulgaria.
Who has to register an e-shop with the Bulgarian tax authority, who is exempt, and what the monthly audit file actually is. The rules in force as of October 2026.
Read the article →Registration takes days. Running the company from another country is the long game. Here is what stays tied to Bulgaria (address, bank, signatures, deadlines) and which parts actually need you on the ground.
Read the article →You own a Bulgarian company but live somewhere else. Here is what the company pays, what is withheld when profit leaves Bulgaria, when it is 0%, and how to claim a tax treaty.
Read the article →Estonian e-Residency sells the dream of a fully digital EU company. Bulgaria sells 10% tax. Both are real, both win in different situations, and both share a risk the marketing rarely mentions.
Read the article →It is not a betrayal and it does not need anyone's permission. Here is the honest handover list, the best timing, and how the migration to FreeMe.bg works.
Read the article →You registered a Bulgarian company for the simple 10% tax. Then came the monthly rituals nobody explained. Here is how the market works today, and what we are building to change it.
Read the article →Since 1 January 2026, the mandatory threshold is €51,130 and you only get 7 days to file once you cross it. Here's what foreign founders running a Bulgarian company need to know.
Read the article →It is not bad luck, it is a missed deadline. Here are the four fines that trip up small Bulgarian companies every year, roughly how much they cost, and how to avoid them.
Read the article →Bulgaria's 10% corporate tax and 5% dividend tax get all the attention. Here's the actual formation process, the honest costs, and the compliance calendar nobody mentions in the sales pitch.
Read the article →If your Bulgarian company bills business clients elsewhere in the EU, you're probably already skipping VAT on the invoice. Here's why, which registration you need in place first, and exactly what the invoice has to state.
Read the article →Your company is not your wallet, even if you own 100% of it. Here is the honest breakdown of the two legal ways to get money out, what each one costs, and what most small owners actually do.
Read the article →A laptop is the easy case. A car, a home office, and client dinners are not. Here is what really counts as a deductible expense in Bulgaria, and what invites a tax review.
Read the article →If you are used to Xero or QuickBooks, Bulgarian accounting software will surprise you: much of it still installs on Windows and hopes someone remembers the backup. Here is what the cloud changed.
Read the article →NAP will not remind you in English, and deadlines do not move because you are traveling. Here is the whole year, month by month.
Read the article →VAT credit, depreciation, hidden profit distribution: an honest guide for owners considering, or already holding, property through a Bulgarian EOOD.
Read the article →Holding a Bulgarian company that does nothing, a property vehicle, a paused project, a leftover from an old plan? Here is what it really owes every year, what it doesn't, and how to stop paying like it is still active.
Read the article →Everyone hears about the 10% flat corporate tax. Almost nobody hears about the running costs. Here's an honest breakdown for a simple Bulgarian EOOD: setup, monthly bookkeeping, the annual closing, and the fee nobody mentions until spring.
Read the article →Taxes, social contributions, liability and paperwork, compared honestly with real numbers. Here is when each structure wins.
Read the article →The decision, the registry filing, the mandatory creditor window, and the faster route for a company that never really traded: what closing an EOOD actually involves.
Read the article →Shipping to customers in Germany, France, or anywhere else in the EU? Here is when you stay on Bulgarian VAT, when you switch to OSS, and where IOSS fits in.
Read the article →Running an EOOD without an employment contract, or freelancing on civil contracts, makes you a self-insured person under Bulgarian law. Here is the 2026 minimum and maximum insurable income in euro, the contribution rates, and the year-end reconciliation, explained plainly.
Read the article →Cash, card, or bank transfer only? How your customers pay decides whether you owe a registered fiscal device, and getting it wrong is expensive.
Read the article →The car drives to the office on Monday and to the beach on Saturday. Here is what Bulgarian tax law actually taxes, what costs are deductible, and what paperwork keeps you covered in an audit.
Read the article →Which number, which date, whose company ID: what the law says every invoice must contain, how many days you have to issue it, and what to do when you get something wrong.
Read the article →Not a tax return, and it does not go to NAP. Here is what the ГФО actually contains, who must publish it by 30 September, and when you can file a simple declaration instead.
Read the article →Your personal return is separate from your company's annual return. Here is who has to file, by when, how, and what can bring the tax down.
Read the article →No need to panic or re-file anything old. Here is exactly what the euro changeover means for your invoices, your prices, and your existing books.
Read the article →Name, documents, capital, notarized signature specimen, and filing with the Commercial Register using a qualified e-signature. Everything a founder needs, explained plainly.
Read the article →OOD, EOOD, AD, EAD, four acronyms, one decision. Here is how capital, ownership, management, and running costs differ, so you pick the right structure from day one.
Read the article →It showed up in your monthly documents folder, but it looks nothing like an invoice or a receipt. Here is what an accounting memorandum is, when your accountant produces one, and what it legally needs to contain.
Read the article →Even with two or three employees, the payroll sheet is what your accountant books every month and what the tax agency checks first. Here is what it records, how it differs from a payslip, and which deadlines come with it.
Read the article →Every banknote that moves through your company's cash box needs a paper trail. Here is what a cash receipt order and cash payment order are, how they tie into the cash book, and the legal limit on cash payments now that Bulgaria uses the euro.
Read the article →Every incoming payment, every outgoing payment, every fee runs through it. Here is why the bank statement counts as a primary accounting document, how your accountant actually uses it, and how it differs from a payment order.
Read the article →A customer pays cash or by card and expects a receipt. As the seller you need to know what must be printed on it, and as a buyer, when that receipt alone is fine and when you need a proper invoice instead.
Read the article →You buy goods or a service from abroad and the invoice carries no Bulgarian VAT. The protocol under Article 117 of the VAT Act is the document that lets you charge yourself the tax, instead of waiting for the supplier to do it.
Read the article →The client owes more, but the invoice is already out the door. Here is what a debit note is, when Bulgarian law requires one, and how VAT treats the increase.
Read the article →A customer returns goods, you agree a discount after the invoice went out, or a deal simply falls through. A credit note is the document that fixes the taxable amount without touching the original invoice.
Read the article →The invoice is the first document every company runs into, yet few founders know exactly what the law requires it to contain. We cover the mandatory elements, invoice types, deadlines, and storage rules, not how to click the button that issues one.
Read the article →A letter from the tax authority with the word audit in it sounds alarming, but the process has clear rules: who orders it, how long it runs, what rights you have, and how to prepare before it starts.
Read the article →Before a company earns anything, someone has to put money into it. Here is when to register capital, when to lend to your own company instead, and why the choice matters for the balance sheet and for tax.
Read the article →Citizenship is irrelevant. What matters is where you sleep, where your family is, and where you work from. Here is how Bulgarian law decides whether it gets to tax your worldwide income.
Read the article →Since 1 January 2026, domestic per diem is EUR 22 a day. Here's how per diem, travel and accommodation work for a Bulgarian company, and what changes when the traveller is you, the owner.
Read the article →Most small Bulgarian companies owe nothing at all. Here are the 2026 euro thresholds, the 15 April filing window, the exact payment dates, and the interest you pay for guessing too low.
Read the article →One invoice from Meta Ireland or Google Ireland forces your Bulgarian company into the VAT register, no matter how small your turnover is. Here's the deadline that catches almost every founder out.
Read the article →A written contract, an Employment Register entry within three days and before day one, two monthly declarations, and roughly 19% on top of gross pay. Here is the full picture.
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