Tax treatment of services provided by a branch of a foreign trader located in another EU member state to Bulgarian branch of this trader

The registration of a branch of a foreign merchant in Bulgaria does not lead to the creation of a new legal entity, but only to a territorially and organizationally separated part of it.

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Place of reporting of expenses for travel and business trips of managers of a foreign company, made in connection with the activity of its branch in Bulgaria

When registering a branch of a foreign merchant in Bulgaria, the question arises in which country should the expenses for travel and business trips of the managers of the foreign merchant be accounted for.

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Tax treatment of the compensation received by a natural person for suffered property and non-property damages

Taxable under the Bulgarian Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) are the incomes from all sources acquired by the taxable person during the tax year, with the exception of the incomes which are non-taxable under the law.

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Are associations and foundations required to submit an annual corporate tax declaration?

Associations and foundations in Bulgaria as non-profit legal entities freely determine the means to achieve their goals. These legal entities are established to carry out non-profit activities, but they may carry out additional economic activity related to the subject of their main activity, using the income to achieve the goals specified in their statute or constitutive act.

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Varieties of the distance selling of goods from 01.07.2021

From 01.07.2021 the following types of distance selling of goods are introduced in the Bulgarian VAT legislation: intra-Community distance selling of goods; distance selling of goods imported from third countries or territories; domestic distance selling of goods; delivery of goods, which is facilitated by an electronic interface.

Intra-Community distance selling of goods is the dispatch or transport of goods by the supplier or on his behalf from the territory of a Member State other than that in which the dispatch or transport of the goods to a non-taxable person, including a taxable person and a non-taxable legal person carrying out an exempt intra-Community acquisition ends. The goods must have been produced in the EU or have already been released for free circulation. The rules on intra-Community distance selling of goods do not apply to the following categories of goods: new vehicles; goods that are mounted and / or installed by or at the expense of the supplier; goods subject to a special price margin procedure for second-hand goods, works of art, collectors’ items and antiques.

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Cross-border supplies of goods between the EU and the United Kingdom and VAT refunds from 01.01.2021

As of the end of the transition period (31 December 2020), the EU rules in the field of VAT, and in particular Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax and Council Directive 2008/9/EC of 12 February 2008 laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 2006/112/EC, to taxable persons not established in the Member State of refund but established in another Member State, no longer apply to and in the United Kingdom. This has in particular the following consequences concerning the treatment of taxable transactions of goods and VAT refunds:

I. VAT RULES FOR CROSS-BORDER SUPPLIES OF GOODS

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Required documentation and reporting in compliance with the Value Added Tax Act (VATA)

In accordance with the 2006/112 EC directive from 28.12 2016 issued by the EC for the adoption of a common VAT taxation system among member states, there are set rules for issuing invoices and for the harmonization of the tax laws related to VAT including the specific requirements for their contents and conditions for issuing in Bulgaria. Any tax registered supplier is obligated to issue an invoice for the supply of services or goods for an advance payment received except for the cases when the supplies are documented otherwise.

A person who is registered under VATA for taxable supplies can take advantage of the right for tax deduction only when the services and goods provided are used for the purposes said by the registered person. Continue reading “Required documentation and reporting in compliance with the Value Added Tax Act (VATA)”