The activity of the experts from the EKIP continues in June with participation in media discussions related to reforms in the pension system and healthcare, the proposal to reduce VAT, entry into ERM II, legalization of marijuana, etc. The topic that most excited the public during the month was the proposal of the MRF to reduce …
More »TEAM in the media on taxes, the European elections and the Eurozone
In May, the participation of the experts from the EKIP was related to topics such as joining the eurozone, Tax Freedom Day, the European elections, social policy and others. On May 18, we celebrated Tax Freedom Day. This year, the Bulgarian Libertarian Society organized a kind of celebration of the holiday - treated with beer more …
More »Tax Freedom Day – what are we celebrating?
Tax Freedom Day is the day on the calendar when citizens will pay the planned revenues into the budget and begin working for their needs. In 2019, this day in our country falls on May 18, 138 days after the New Year. This means that if everything …
More »TEAM in the media about Europe, taxes and the decriminalization of marijuana
In April, our authors once again took over the media space with opinions on current topics: the "Mobility" package, pension and health insurance, taxes, legalization of marijuana and the upcoming elections. The Chairman of the Bulgarian Libertarian Society, Stoyan Panchev, participated in the show "More of the Day" on BNT about Macron's "Mobility" package and ...
More »Why is Regulation H-18 on cash registers so disruptive to Bulgarian business?
Author: Veselin Pashov On 28.09.2018. the updated Regulation H18 concerning cash registers was published in the next issue of the State Gazette. In connection with fiscal devices, structural changes are being introduced concerning the manufacturers of such products, which, generally speaking, will lead to sending information every 5 minutes from the devices to the servers …
More »Are we playing against ourselves when we give up economic freedoms? - Part II
Continued from Part I Continuing our discussion of the denial of personal freedom, we will examine how shifting responsibility to poorly functioning institutions pre-emptively limits our economic freedom. 2) The government and its ministries, agencies, and supporting institutions must ensure that every individual dream and …
More »S2E8 - The Irony of Life with Emile Conrad
In this episode, I spoke with Internet sensation Emil Conrad about a variety of topics, including: - The "mental health" taboo - The family - YouTube and the media - Politics and taxes - Education - Marriage Links Emil Conrad: youtu.be/jByNNZzbib0 www.instagram.com/emilconrad/?hl=en Book: www.orangecenter.bg/ironiyata-na-zhivota-mi.html Thanks to Influencer.bg Agency: www.influencer.bg/bg For greater convenience, we recommend …
More »Classic Christmas movies that say taxes are theft!
Author: Tom Mullen, fee.org These wonderful works of freedom have disappeared from today's politically correct holiday stuffing "And it came to pass, that there went out a decree from Augustus Caesar, that all the world should be taxed. And that all should be taxed, every man in his own city: for the disobedience of the Roman emperor...
More »Why your "gross" salary isn't your gross salary
Guest author: Dimitar Tomov Dimitar Tomov is a young entrepreneur, owner of a small business in the technology sector, who, like many other Bulgarian entrepreneurs and workers, is puzzled by the confusing complexity of the Bulgarian tax code: The confusion between gross and net salary in Bulgaria does not come only because of the terms used. People have long used …
More »How can the Sofia Municipality stimulate the economic development of Sofia?
This article is an excerpt from the new report of the EKIP on urban planning policy in Sofia, authored by Georgi Vuldjev and Teodor Karakolev, which will be officially published on 06.11.2018. In recent years in Sofia, we have been lucky enough to observe a visual comparative experiment between two approaches to attracting more investment, stimulating …
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