Bulgaria Licence Tax : minfin.bg

Organization : Ministry of Finance
Facility : Licence Tax
Country : Bulgaria
Website : https://www.minfin.bg/en/785

What is Bulgaria Licence Tax?

The licence tax regime is regulated in Articles 61h-61o of Local Taxes and Fees Act (LTFA).

Related / Similar Facility : Bulgaria Tax On Onerous Acquisition of Property

An annual licence tax shall be levied on any activity specified in Annex 4 to the Act:
** Tourist accommodations of not more than 20 rooms, categorized with one or two stars or registered under the Tourism Act;
** Mass-catering and entertainment establishments (restaurants, cafes and patisseries, bars, etc.);
** Retail trade on a net selling space of the establishment not exceeding 100 square meters;
** Services (carpenter, tailor, cobbler, hairdresser, typing, cosmetic, watchmaker, upholsterer, car repair, glazier, etc.);
** Retail of newspapers, magazines, etc.;
** Amusement or sports games (pinball, table tennis, darts, etc.);
** Pawn brokers;
** Vacation services (pleasure craft, jeep-drawn mini-trains, carousels);
** Motor vehicle driving instruction;
** Paid parking facilities;

Bulgaria Licence Taxable Persons

An annual licence tax shall be levied on any natural person, including a sole proprietor, who carries out any activity specified in Annex 4, in respect of the income accruing from any such activity, provided that:

** the turnover of the person for the preceding year does not exceed BGN 100 000, and
** the person is not registered under the Value Added Tax Act, with the exception of registration for provision of services under Article 97a and intra-Community acquisition under Article 99 and Article 100 (2) of the said Act.

Amount of Bulgaria Licence Tax

The municipal council shall determine the amount of the licence tax within the ranges according to Annex 4 to this Act depending on the location of the establishment within the territory of the relevant municipality.

Bulgaria Licence Tax Reliefs

The taxable persons who are subject to levy of a licence tax may enjoy tax relief in the following sequence:
** any natural persons, including any sole proprietors, who have lost 50 per cent and more than 50 per cent of their working capacity, which loss has been determined by an effective decision of a competent authority, shall enjoy a rate rebate of 50 per cent of the licence tax as determined, if they carry out the activity in person and do not hire workers for the said activity throughout the tax year;

** any natural persons, including any sole proprietors, who carry out two or three types of any licenced activity of those specified in Items 1 to 36 of Annex 4 to this Act through work done in person throughout the tax year, shall pay the licence tax solely for the activity for which the tax determined is of the highest amount; this relief shall not apply to carrying out more than three activities;

** any natural persons, including any sole proprietors, who are pensioners and carry out a licenced activity specified in Items 5, 6, 8 to 15, 18 to 20, 25, 27 to 29 and 31 of Annex 4 to this Act, shall pay 50 per cent of the licence tax as determined if they carry out the activity in person and do not hire workers for the said activity throughout the tax year;

** any persons who use the workplace for training of apprentices within the meaning given by the Skilled Crafts Act and who carry out a licenced activity of the ones specified in Items 10, 12 and 13 of Annex 4 to this Act, shall pay 50 per cent of the licence tax as determined for the relevant workplace.

Declaring the Bulgaria Licence Tax

Not later than the 31 January of the current year, the persons subject to levy of licence tax shall submit a tax return completed in a standard form, declaring thereby, the circumstances pertaining to the assessment of the tax. In the cases of commencement of activity after the said date, the tax return shall be submitted immediately before commencement of activity.

The tax returns shall be submitted in the municipality within the territory whereof the establishment whereat the licence activity is carried out is located, and where the licence activity is not carried out at an establishment or is not carried out from a fixed location, the said returns shall be submitted in the municipality where the natural person, including the sole proprietor, has his or her permanent address.

Deadlines For Bulgaria Licence Tax Remittance

The licence tax shall be remitted in four equal payments, as follows:
** for the first quarter: on or before 31 January;
** for the second quarter: on or before 30 April;
** for the third quarter: on or before 31 July;
** for the fourth quarter: on or before 31 October.

Note:
Any person, who submits the tax return on or before 31 January of the current year and pays the full amount of the licence tax, as determined according to the circumstances as declared, on or before the same date, shall enjoy a rate rebate of 5 per cent.