BCCI appreciates the reduction of the administrative burden on business by the Ministry of Economy, but expects this to become a policy of all state institutions
“The efforts of the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism to reduce the administrative burden on businesses have our full support, but more active work is needed in the other institutions as well”, said the President of BCCI Tsvetan Simeonov, who participated in the presentation of the project “Policy for reduction of administrative burden on business at European and national level”.
The research ascertained over 1300 regimes for information, which are obligatory for businesses, of which around 450 regimes are subject to change, but a clear financial assessment should be provided as to what each of these changes would mean for businesses. The numbers still show a significant difference, which means that more effective work is needed. The new study shows that businesses need to submit 918 types of information to the public administration, in accordance with normative requirements, at the total cost of BGN 2.7 billion.
Tax laws cause most difficulties.
“We at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry are left with the impression that the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism works most efficiently of all public institutions, therefore the Council of Ministers should also start working so that relieving businesses becomes a priority of all Ministries. We are also left with the impression that real preliminary impact assessment is conducted very rarely before the development of new procedures and regimes. That is why we still report only how many regimes were introduced, how much they would cost the business and whether they are worth keeping. Preliminary impact assessment is important, because it gives an opportunity to prioritize the goals.
For us it is very important that the way in which methodology is evaluated is objective and the subjective factor is excluded as much as possible. It is also important to assess time as expenditure for businesses.”