buying a car

hi phil/mark,

a cheap car in BG costs from 400 euros to ..... lets say 1500 euros for a used car. "Good" is a tricky question, I guess so is "cheap".
Costs:
- check the car in an auto repair workshop before you buy it - 30 - 200 lv. you can skip this one, but I strongly recommend that you do it before you sign or pay anything for the car.
- transferring the car form the old owner to the new owner - notary tax, here's the basis for the calculation in lv.

up to 100 лв.  includingly           30
101 to 1 000 lv.                    30 + 1,5 % for the amount exceeding 100 lv.
от 1001 до 10 000 лв.                             43,50 + 1,3 % на сто за горницата над 1 000
от 10 001 до 50 000 лв.                          160,50 + 0,8 % на сто за горницата над 10 000
от 50 001 до 100 000 лв.                           480,50 + 0,5 на сто за горницата над 50 000
от 100 000 – 500 000 лв.                           730,50 + 0,2 на сто за горницата над 100 000
над 500 000 лв.                                         1530,50 + 0,1 на сто за горницата над 500 000 лв., но не повече от 6000 лв.

- you have a 14 day term to register your car at the "KAT" - Automobile Control Service and 2 months term to register it in the municipality where you live.

- for KAT you'll need to show "Grajdanska Otgovornost" - Civil Responsibility Insurance Policy, which is about 150 lv. and paid EcoTax (depends on the car), also the car should be equipped with  - FirstAid Pack, fire extinguisher, reflective triangle, and reflective vest;
- next step i to fill the KAT declaration and submit it,administrative tax - 12 lv.
- final step - car documentation and registration numbers - 68 lv.

that's it. what is left is a municipalyty tax /differs/ and a vignette /depends on the term/ but you will need it only if you travel outside the city you live in.

thank you again kristian you have helped us again we could do with you in sunny beach to help us on everything haha cheers   again kind regards mark/phill

actually I live in Sofia