Avoid registering for VAT?

[inector]

Hi,

I plan to open a company for a client in Bulgaria. Threshold is around 25K there. B2B only.

Goods from outside of EU. Services is like repair.

If he doesn't buy goods / services from EU, he doesn't have to register?

 

[nov111]

Now the registration threshold is 100000 BGN (51129 EUR). To avoid registration, you must be under this threshold and not do anything with EU companies/persons - neither buying services/goods nor offering them. Then you don't need to register.

 

[inector]

nor offering them

Doesn't the EU website say that:
| For example, if you sell a product to an EU-VAT registered business operating in another EU country, you don't charge VAT on that sale

Source: Cross-border VAT rates in Europe - Your Europe

 

[Forester]

Now the registration threshold is 100000 BGN (51129 EUR). To avoid registration, you must be under this threshold and not do anything with EU companies/persons - neither buying services/goods nor offering them. Then you don't need to register.

Doesn't the EU website say that:
| For example, if you sell a product to an EU-VAT registered business operating in another EU country, you don't charge VAT on that sale

Source: Cross-border VAT rates in Europe - Your Europe

1) Charging someone for VAT (A) and registering as a VAT payee (B) are two different issues. B is a prerequisite for A but does not imply A. So @nov111 is correct (EU companies/persons is to be understood as NON BG EU companies/persons).
(So, it is unclear what you want to avoid, in fact – a registration for VAT or paying VAT?)
2) This question can attract much more qualified attention at Tax & Legal, not at
Offshore Bank Accounts & EMI Accounts. Thread moved.