Annual threshold for mandatory VAT registration rises to BGN 166,000 from 1 January 2025
Bulgaria’s Parliament is reviewing a rise in the annual VAT registration threshold from 1 January 2025. It will increase from the current BGN 100,000 (approx. €51,000) to BGN 166,000 (approx. €85,000).
This matches the new limit being set by the EU SME scheme VAT threshold from January 2025.
Bulgaria estimates that 200 000 companies in Bulgaria would be exempted from mandatory VAT registration. Depending on how many companies choose to de-register, the state coffers will lose between 85 million and 130 million leva, they said.
At the same time, it is removing the obligation for non-EU businesses registering in Brussels under the non-Union OSS/IOSS to appoint a fiscal representative.
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2025 EU VAT registration & Intrastat reporting threshold
| Country | VAT Registration thresholds | Intrastat thresholds | |||||
| Resident | Non-resident | Arrivals | Dispatches | Arrivals Statistical | Dispatches Statistical | ||
| EU One-Stop Shop | €10,000 | €10,000 EU sellers only | - | - | - | - | |
| Austria | €42,000 | Nil | €1,100,000 | €1,100,000 | €12m | €12m | |
| Belgium | €25,000 | Nil | €1,500,000 | €1,000,000 | €25m | €25m | |
| Bulgaria | BGN 100,000 | Nil | BGN 1.7m | BGN 2.2m | €17m | €36.1m | |
| Croatia | €60,000 | Nil | €450,000 | €300,000 | €450,000 | €300,000 | |
| Cyprus | €15,600 | Nil | €350,000 | €75,000 | €2.7m | €5.8m | |
| Czechia | CZK 2m | Nil | CZK 15m | CZK 15m | CZK 30m | CZK 30m | |
| Denmark | DKK 50,000 | Nil | DKK 22m | DKK 11m | DKK 22m | DKK 11m | |
| Estonia | €40,000 | Nil | €700,000 | €350,000 | €700,000 | €350,000 | |
| Finland | €20,000 | Nil | €800,000 | €800,000 | €800,000 | €800,000 | |
| France | Goods €85,000 Services €37,500 | Nil | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | |
| Germany | €22,000 | Nil | €800,000 | €500,000 | €49m | €51m | |
| Greece | Nil | Nil | €150,000 | €90,000 | €150,000 | €90,000 | |
| Hungary | HUF 12m | Nil | HUF 270m | HUF 150m | HUF 5.5bn | HUF 15bn | |
| Ireland | Goods €85,000 Services €42,500 | Nil | €500,000 | €635,000 | €5m | €34m | |
| Italy | €85,000 | Nil | See country guide | See country guide | See country guide | See country guide | |
| Latvia | €50,000 | Nil | €350,000 | €200,000 | €5m | €7m | |
| Lithuania | €55,000 | Nil | €570,000 | €400,000 | €7m | €10m | |
| Luxembourg | €50,000 | Nil | €250,000 | €200,000 | €4m | €8m | |
| Malta | Goods €35,000 Other €30,000 | Nil | €700 | €700 | €700 | €700 | |
| Netherlands | €20,000 | Nil | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | Discretionary | |
| Poland | PLN 200,000 | Nil | PLN 6.0m | PLN 2.8m | PLN 105m | PLN 158m | |
| Portugal | Nil | Nil | €600,000 | €600,000 | €6.5m | €6.5m | |
| Romania | RON 300,000 | Nil | RON 1m | RON 1m | RON 10m | RON 20m | |
| Slovakia | €62,500 | Nil | €1m | €1m | €1m | €1m | |
| Slovenia | €60,000 | Nil | €220,000 | €270,000 | €4m | €9m | |
| Spain | Nil | Nil | €400,000 | €400,000 | €400,000 | €400,000 | |
| Sweden | SEK 120,000 | Nil | SEK 15m | SEK 4.5m | SEK 15m | SEK 4.5m | |
| Non-EU | |||||||
| Bosnia | BAM 100,000 | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Iceland | ISK 2m | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Montenegro | €35,000 | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Norway | NOK 50,000 | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Russia | RUB 8m (on application) | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Switzerland | CHF 100,000 | CHF 100,000 global income | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Turkey | Nil | Nil | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| UK (Intrastat Northern Ire only) | £90,000 (Apr 2024) | Nil | £500,000 | £250,000 | £24m | £24m | |
