Budget simulator

An interactive simulator of Bulgarian tax policy: move a rate and see two numbers at once — the change in consolidated budget revenue per year and the change on one worked payslip per month. Estimates are static, against the latest closed fiscal year's execution.

What can be changed

  • VAT — the standard and reduced rates, plus re-rating categories (food, medicines, energy, restaurants, hotels, books). The model runs on household consumption by COICOP purpose (Eurostat), calibrated to actual VAT revenue.
  • Personal income tax — the flat rate, an untaxed minimum and a second rate above a threshold, scored over a fitted earnings distribution validated against the НАП annual report.
  • Corporate and dividend tax — static rescaling of the executed budget lines.
  • The МОД insurable-income cap — raising, lowering or removing it, with an explicit uncertainty range.

See also the state budget, the tax calculator and the methodology.

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