Bulgaria: The NRA is targeting cherry producers

Published May 22, 2024

Tridge summary

The National Revenue Agency in Bulgaria is requiring producers, processors, and traders of cherries, and later all fruits and vegetables, to declare their harvest shipments electronically in advance starting from this year. This regulation, applicable from October 1, 2023, for international trade and January 3, 2024, for domestic transports, aims to address the issue of turnover evasion by mandating the declaration of goods with high fiscal risk. These goods include fast-moving food products and fuels. Initially, the new rules caused challenges for traders and manufacturers, leading to some adjustments in the required information and the reduction of the list of high-risk goods.

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Original content

The National Revenue Agency has started meetings with producers, processors and traders of cherries to warn them that from this year they are obliged to declare in advance the transport of the harvest from the field to the commercial network. Meetings are held among producers from the Kyustendil region on the occasion of the start of the cherry season. However, the rules for pre-declaration before the National Revenue Agency affect all producers and traders in the country of fruits and vegetables, which are considered goods with a high fiscal risk. From this year, after harvesting fruit and vegetables, every shipment to processors and traders in trucks over 3.5 t and a quantity over 500 kg must be declared electronically to the National Revenue Agency. Producers must submit information about the vehicles, the quantity and type of goods, at what time and to whom they deliver their production, as well as the final destination. If, during a check by tax inspectors on the roads or in ...

Source: Duma