For freelancers and digital business owners, a Bulgarian company (usually an EOOD) pairs a 10% corporate tax rate with genuine EU standing. The value is in matching the structure to your income and residency.
Why a Bulgarian company
Bulgaria charges a flat 10% corporate income tax, one of the lowest headline rates in the EU, and gives you an EU-registered company for invoicing clients and working with banks and payment providers.
For a solo founder the usual vehicle is an EOOD, a single-owner limited company.
Salary, dividends and the real rate
Your effective rate is a mix of corporate tax on profit, any salary you draw, and dividend tax when you take profit out. Getting that mix right is what turns the headline 10% into a sensible personal outcome.
This is best decided alongside your tax strategy and residency, not in isolation.
Company without residency is half a plan
A Bulgarian company does not, by itself, move your tax home. If you keep living and working elsewhere, your home country may tax the company's profits or your income anyway.
Pairing the company with genuine Bulgarian residency is usually what makes the setup hold up.
VAT, banking and admin
Depending on turnover and clients you may need VAT registration, and you will need business banking. Ongoing accounting, filings and renewals are part of running the company properly.
We handle the setup and the ongoing admin so it does not become your second job.
Work with us
We design the company, tax and residency together so the 10% actually reaches you. See our tax strategy service, or Book a Consultation.
Getting it right from the start
The cleanest path is to design the company, tax position and residency together, so you are not restructuring later.