Special Provisions of the Act on Measures and Actions at the State of the Emergency Announced by a Decision of the National Assembly as of 13.03. 2020 in the Field of Taxation in the Republic of Bulgaria

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Pages: 36-46
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/YDNR6022

Abstract:

An Act on the Measures And Activities At The State Emergency was adopted by the Parliament in relation to the growing pandemic COVID-19 in March 2020 and announced by a decision of the National Assembly on 13.03.2020. The act stipulates the measures and actions to be taken by the executive power, employers and appointing authorities, as well as the enactment of provisions of different legal acts and individual administrative acts during the state of emergency. The construction of the law consists of general provisions and transitional and final provisions. In the part of the transitional provisions of the act are included specific rules which expressly rearrange the enactment and application of certain provisions of the current tax legislation. The article discusses the the content of these norms and some debatable issues which they raise. Based on the purpose of the law, as derived by the motives of its bill and its content, it may be concluded that these specific rules implement tax deductions only on particular taxes and for a limited circle of taxpayers. Different possible interpretations are discussed when comparing the general norms of the law and the special provisions for tax matters.

Keywords:

pandemic COVID-19, state of emergency, special law, taxation

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