Business erupts against yet another "silent tax bomb" in the draft budget for 2026.

After the Ministry of Finance announced the draft budget for 2026 without conducting preliminary discussions with the business on the proposed tax changes burdening companies with additional financial burdens, representatives of 14 industry organizations in the food sector, which are members of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, opposed the request for corrections in the Tax and Social Insurance Procedural Code (TSIPC). In a letter sent to the relevant parliamentary committees, the Council of Ministers, and the ministries of finance and agriculture, the business insisted on the cancellation of corrections in the TSIPC related to the transportation of goods with high fiscal risk. In their letter, the managers categorically insisted on the removal of paragraph 16 of the Transitional and Final Provisions of the draft Law on the State Budget for 2026, "because its introduction imposes a requirement whose compliance will lead to serious efforts by companies ensuring the ...