Prevalent public opinion is categorically in favour of a progressive taxation system, i.e. lower tax rates for the poor and higher rates for the well-off, indicate the results of a national survey conducted by Market Links. At the moment the taxation system in this country is regressive – people who are poorer pay higher taxes, and people who are richer - lower taxes because the insurable earnings ceiling is 1,300 euro per month with no tax on earnings in excess of this sum. 94.5 percent of respondents say that economic inequality is a problem for Bulgaria. The flat tax system, i.e. a single tax rate for all incomes, has the support of a mere 20 percent of people whereas a progressive tax system is supported by around 50 percent.
The municipalities of Troyan, Teteven, Lovech, Apriltsi and Samokov are experiencing problems with electricity supply for the third day. The most common cause of the outages are trees that have fallen on power lines because of the heavy snow...
It is 21 years since the truck bomb attack on the "India" base in Karbala , which killed 5 soldiers from the first Bulgarian contingent in Iraq. In Karlovo, members of the 61st Mechanised Brigade paid their respects by laying wreaths and..
Vazrazhdane will submit amendments to the Law on Religions, the press centre of the party has announced. Supreme Court of Cassation rules that the Bulgarian Orthodox Old Calendar Church must be registered The amendments are going to..
Caretaker Minister of Energy Vladimir Malinov has ordered that by the end of the day, problems with the electricity supply in settlements affected..
The situation continues complicated in many towns and villages in the country because of the fallen snow . Electricity has not been restored yet in..
The 40th anniversary of protests by Bulgarian Turks against the so-called "revival process" (a forced assimilation campaign during communism in which..
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