Bulgaria: Wine grapes are often used in VAT fraud schemes

The control over goods with a high fiscal risk limits the gray sector, the National Revenue Agency (NAA) emphasized in response to the announced protest actions by vine growers and wine producers. More on the subject: Vinegrowers and winemakers come out in protest Control of the movement of goods with a high fiscal risk identified as such has been in place since 2014 due to their use in value added tax (VAT) fraud schemes. These are excise goods (fuels) and fast moving goods (fruits and vegetables, meat and meat products, milk and milk products, sugar, coffee, nuts and others) with which tax fraud can be realized in a very short time. Over the years, the list has been updated several times. Grapes are among the high fiscal risk goods most often used in VAT fraud schemes and have been identified by the revenue administration as risky. It is included in the List of goods with high fiscal risk by Order ZMF-1283/20.12.2016, and not, as the farmers claim, at the end of 2023. As a ...