Tax Law

Popov, Arnaudov and Partners Law Office provides a wide range of services related to the overall tax process, tax planning, daily business consulting and specific transactions and operations:

Appeal Representation:

• Representation in appeals, regarding revision acts in terms of public debts, precautionary and infringement procedures;
• Preparation of the necessary documents for preliminary execution suspension in terms of certain public debts;
• After the successful case ending – reimbursement of amounts, unduly retained or paid to the revenue administration, including the costs incurred in the trial;
• Consulting and communicating with the revenue administration in the course of revisions in order issues to be timely clarified as well as adverse effects to be minimized.

Tax Planning:

• Tax-effect determination and optimal tax planning regarding various business operations across a wide range of economic sectors;
• Assisting in setting up and managing companies and structures with a view to tax optimization as well as consultations on the corporate structures usage, established in foreign jurisdictions so as lasting solutions in the field of tax planning to be found;
• Consulting various legal documents and negotiating in order interests to be protected and tax efficiency to be ensured.

Tax consulting in relation with transactions:

• tax aspects and effects in transactions related to start-up, restructuring and discontinuation of business activities, providing and receiving different types of financing, acquisitions and sales of assets, business sales or parts thereof, new markets entering;
• support and solutions to various daily issues related to: corporate and personal income taxation, source taxes, double tax treaties implementation, indirect taxes, local taxes and fees.

Our Law Office operates in partnership with:

• an Amsterdam-based attorney-at-law, specializing in VAT regulations across the EU;
• A company, situated in Amsterdam, specializing in tax planning and property optimization in international field.

Legal Representation in Tax Disputes:

• Over the last five years, Popov, Arnaudov and Partners Law Office has assisted a range of tax disputes, amounting at over BGN 4 million, to be resolved.
• For the period from 2014 to 2017, 97% of the cases in the tax law field were finally concluded in favor of the clients, having in mind the same ones were related to legal representation before the revenue administration and the judicial authorities, in terms of tax disputes. Thanks to our Law Office, 92% of the amounts awarded were recovered/saved.

Tax Planning and Consulting:

Popov, Arnaudov and Partners Law Office has a significant experience in analyzing and determining tax effects in order tax planning for business operations, including start-ups, restructuring and discontinuation of business activities, to be optimized, together with the usage of corporate structures, having been established in foreign jurisdictions so as durable solutions to be found. Our team is often sought by clients for assistance and alternative-choosing, regarding setting up and managing companies/structures with a view to tax optimization. The determination and analysis of tax effects is also part of our consultancy in real estate field. During working with local and foreign clients, our team provides legal assistance and advice on corporate and personal income taxation, withholding taxes, double taxation, indirect taxes, local taxes and fees.

The Law Office is a member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)

From the very beginning of 2016, Popov, Arnaudov and Partners Law Office has become a member of IFA Branch Bulgaria – the Bulgarian branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). This fact allows participating in workshops, seminars and conferences at international and national level, together with such ones in tax issues with the revenue administration.