Sofia City Hall with Parallel 'Mansions' Probe

The majority of the buildings filmed by the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (NRA) lack permits for their use and their owners failed to pay taxes to the Sofia City Hall even though they occupy these homes for years. The statement was made Monday by the Sofia Chief Architect, Petar Dikov, who spoke in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, saying he was pleasantly surprised by the outstanding architectural design he noticed on quite a few pictures.

Last week, a NRA team videotaped from a helicopter properties in several affluent Sofia suburbs. It was discovered some of the properties are not included in any registries and do not have permits for their use, while others are listed as office buildings, but are actually residencies with pools, tennis and mini golf courts, and playgrounds. The NRA Director, Krasimir Stefanov, says the owners are guilty of tax crimes because they have received a tax deduction for constructing office buildings, but use them for different purposes.

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Bulgarian Revenue Agents 'Eye Properties from Above'

A government helicopter was used to make a full videotape of properties in the southern suburbs of the capital Sofia under the request of the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (NRA).
Luxury real estate in the affluent suburbs of Pancharevo, Dragalevtsi, Simeonovo, Boyana, Bistritsa and Knyazhevo has been filmed in order to probe the correspondence between the value of the properties and the income of their owners. Revenue agents have appraised them before the videotaping.

NRA suspect that some of the houses have never been declared and real estate and waste removal taxes have never been paid on them.
Owners, who fail to provide adequate proof of income, will be audited. The undeclared income will be taxed with interest, while cases of tax crimes will be immediately referred to the Prosecutor's Office, NRA say.

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