Some Remarks on the Possibility of VAT Group’s Introduction Into the Bulgarian Tax Legislation

Stoycho Dulevski

Some Remarks on the Possibility of VAT Group’s Introduction Into the Bulgarian Tax Legislation

Publication date: 12.2021

Financial Law Review, 2021, Issue 24 (4)/ 2021, pp. 69 - 81

https://doi.org/10.4467/22996834FLR.21.033.15400

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Some Remarks on the Possibility of VAT Group’s Introduction Into the Bulgarian Tax Legislation

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The provision of Art. 11 of the Council Directive 2006/112 of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (VAT Directive) introduces the VAT group’s concept. It should be noted that it grants a right and not an obligation on a Member State (MS) to transpose this text into its domestic law on appropriate way. So far, Bulgaria has not such provision in its national legislation.
The current study is dived into three main parts. The first examines some relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in this matter that will be followed by author’s comment. The second emphasizes certain VAT group’s specifics through the prism of the domestic legislation of some MSs. The third refers to its possible future transposition into the Bulgarian tax law. Taking into account both the European and the national practice on this issue, the author will try to design an exemplary VAT group’s provision from Bulgarian perspective.

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VAT, Bulgaria, Member States, Directive 2006/112, VAT group, taxable person

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Legal Acts

Council Directive 2006/112 of 28th November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, OJ L 347 as amended

Закон за данък върху добавената стойност [Zakon za dan"k v"rhu dobavenata stojnost, Value Added Tax Act], State Gazette no. 63/4.08.2006, as amended

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European Court of Justice, С-162/07 Ampliscientifica

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European Commission, Working Paper No 845. Available at: https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/e75d22a9-ff84-485a-acc7-d52ada466575/845%20-%20Case%20C-7-13%20-%20Skandia%20America.pdf, accessed: 12th April 2021.

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Information: Financial Law Review, 2021, Issue 24 (4)/ 2021, pp. 69 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/22996834FLR.21.033.15400

Article type: Original article

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Stoycho Dulevski

Public Legal Studies Department, Faculty of Law, University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria

Published at: 12.2021

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