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SmartTaxBG

business consultancy · Germany / Bulgaria network · founded: Not publicly disclosed

High confidenceLast verified:

German- and English-speaking founders, freelancers and SMEs

How this row was verified

This row was verified directly by Start in BG's founder during the commercial partnership with SmartTaxBG that ran until August 2026, rather than by reading the provider's public pages the way the other 36 rows were. Two fields stand on public evidence of their own: the €400 fee excluding VAT, confirmed on the provider's own page on 2026-08-03, and the registered legal entity (Smart Tax Consulting Ltd, EIK 205594021), confirmed against the Bulgarian Commercial Register. First-hand knowledge of a firm makes a record more complete than a marketing page does, but this dataset's Transparency and evidence score measures published evidence and transparency specifically — what a provider itself makes checkable to any visitor — and a fuller record from a former working relationship is not the same thing as a fuller public record. That is why, as of 2026-08-24, this row publishes no Transparency and evidence score (see the score panel below) rather than a number resting on a different kind of evidence than every other row's. The partnership has ended, Start in BG takes no commission or fee from this or any provider, and this change was made for that reason alone — not to move the row up or down a ranking it no longer appears in.

Analyst caveat

The headline offer is not a complete first-year operating cost, and it excludes VAT. This row's evidence is owner-attested rather than read from the provider's public pages — see the note below.

Best for German-speaking foundersBest for English-speaking foundersFreelancers and solo foundersRelocation support

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Pricing

Advertised price
€400 one-time formation offer, VAT excluded
Comparable setup figure: €400
Price type / currency
fixed package · EUR
VAT status: VAT excluded
Recurring costs
Accounting and registered address excluded; quoted separately
Accounting fee: Not publicly disclosed · Registered-address fee: Not publicly disclosed
Estimated first-year cost
Not publicly disclosed

Languages

  • English: Full service
  • German: Full service
  • Bulgarian: Support reported

“Support reported” means the provider reports support without a dedicated site language — a provider claim, not verified.

Remote formation

Status: Mostly remote

Formation can be handled through power of attorney; page cautions that banking or formalities may still require presence, notarisation or apostille.

Advertised timeline: 2–3 weeks for company formation; becoming operational can take longer

Formation services

EOOD formation
Yes
OOD formation
Yes
Other structures
Not publicly disclosed
Name check
Yes
Incorporation documents
Yes
Commercial Register filing
Yes
VAT registration
Yes
Certified translations
Yes
Legal consultation
Yes
Share-capital support
Yes

Banking

Assistance or introduction does not guarantee account approval.

Bulgarian bank assistance
Yes
Fintech / EMI assistance
Yes
Bank introductions
Yes
Capital-deposit account
Yes
Operational business account
Yes
Physical attendance
Partial
Banking fees disclosed
No

Registered address

Registered office included
No
Address cost disclosed
No
Mail forwarding
Not publicly disclosed
Mail scanning
Not publicly disclosed
Virtual office
Not publicly disclosed
Local contact
Yes

Accounting & post-formation

Monthly accounting
Yes
Annual financial statements
Yes
Payroll
Partial
VAT returns
Yes
Tax advice
Yes
Company changes
Not publicly disclosed
Accounting mandatory with package
No

Relocation & immigration

Residence support
Yes
Visa support
Not publicly disclosed
EU-citizen registration
Yes
Relocation services
Yes
Property / office search
Yes

Trust & evidence

Legal identity
Yes
Physical address
Yes
Named team
Yes
Professional qualifications
Partial
Independent reviews verified
Not publicly disclosed
Imprint / legal notice
Yes
Bulgarian Commercial Register check
Verified — EIK 205594021 (checked 2026-08-16)
Main caveat
The headline offer is not a complete first-year operating cost, and it excludes VAT. This row's evidence is owner-attested rather than read from the provider's public pages — see the note below.
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-08-22

Analyst assessment

Strengths
Bilingual founder-facing guidance, modest public formation fee, practical relocation and post-formation network; its operating entity is confirmed in the Bulgarian Commercial Register.
Limitations
Registered address and accounting are outside the €400 offer; banking attendance depends on the case.

This comparison is for general informational purposes only and is not legal, tax, accounting, banking or immigration advice. Prices, packages and services change frequently; every figure is a snapshot as of its last-verified date and must be confirmed directly with each provider. Inclusion does not represent endorsement, a high Transparency and evidence score is not a quality judgment or a guarantee of outcome, and provider statements are claims unless independently verified. Providers are shown alphabetically by default, not by score — a ranking is one click away via the 'Transparency score' column header or the filters, not the page's opening view. Verification here means checking a provider's own published pages — it does not include a check against a company register unless a row's 'Bulgarian Commercial Register check' field says otherwise; that check is independent of the Transparency and evidence score and is never folded into it. That field has five states: 'verified' (a specific Bulgarian legal entity was independently confirmed, with its EIK), 'not a Bulgarian entity' (the provider operates through an entity registered in a different country, independently confirmed there), 'verified as a Bulgarian attorney/law firm' (a Bulgarian lawyer or law partnership independently confirmed in the Bar Register — a different, non-commercial register that never carries an EIK), 'inconclusive' (a check was attempted but no single candidate could be confirmed — this states nothing as fact) and 'not performed'. Start in BG sells no company-formation, accounting or advisory services and takes no commission, referral fee or listing fee from any provider listed here. Nothing in this comparison can be bought. One conflict has to be declared by name: until August 2026 Start in BG had a commercial partnership with SmartTaxBG, one of the compared providers, and that partnership has ended. SmartTaxBG's row is marked 'Attested', which is a statement about evidence rather than about quality: it was verified directly by Start in BG's founder during that partnership rather than read off the provider's public pages the way the other 36 rows were. First-hand knowledge of a firm makes a record more complete than a marketing page does, but the Transparency and evidence score specifically measures published evidence and transparency — so, since 2026-08-24, this row publishes no score and appears in no ranking at all, rather than a number that would confuse a fuller record with a more transparent provider. Two of its fields still stand on public evidence of their own: the €400 fee excluding VAT, confirmed on the provider's own page, and the registered legal entity (Smart Tax Consulting Ltd, EIK 205594021), confirmed against the Bulgarian Commercial Register. This change was made for that reason alone, not because of the relationship, and no row cites startinbg.com as evidence.

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