The National Assembly Committee on Budget and Finance adopted on first reading the proposal for introduction of 9% VAT on restaurants and books, including electronic books.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Finance has warned that if value added tax for restaurants and books is reduced from 20% to 9%, the VAT for other goods and services has to be increased to 24%, or the income tax of the companies should stand at 17%-18%. The draft amendments to the VAT Act are submitted by the ruling coalition and other parties.
If all proposals for reduction of VAT rates for certain goods and services are approved, the damage to the state treasury will amount to nearly EUR 920 million, the position signed by Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov reads.
On October 21, the Ministry of Finance assumed domestic debt and sold government securities for 145 million euros with 3-year maturity. In 2025, the state assumed domestic debt of 1.45 billion euros. Debt of 7.2 billion euros was..
Foreigners often want to pay in euros. The reason is that the goods already have a price in the European currency, the commercial establishments in Kyustendil say. Sellers have some difficulties explaining that this cannot be done..
Today, architecture students from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia are presenting new proposals for integrating the remains of the Roman Villa Rustica into the city's modern urban environment. Their aim,..
In September, Bulgaria was mentioned as a country connected with dangerous food 7 times, indicate data of the European Rapid Alert System for Food and..
The legal heirs of the people who lost their lives during the flooding in the region of Burgas at the beginning of October will receive 15,000 leva (EUR..
A meeting of the coalition partners took place early this morning, during a sitting of the National Assembly, to discuss the possible reformatting of..
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