Every rate below is sourced and dated. Figures are annual, in EUR, for a single person with one income.
On β¬100,000 a year as a founder taking dividends, Bulgaria leaves you with β¬83,566 against β¬82,748 β a difference of β¬819 a year.
The income at which the answer changes, derived from the same rules as the tables below. Ranges stop where a regime stops being available, so nothing is claimed beyond it.
| Gross | π§π¬ Bulgaria Employee (10% flat) |
π¨πΎ Cyprus Employee | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| β¬50,000 | β¬41,741 16.5% wedge |
β¬39,093 21.8% wedge |
β¬2,648 Bulgaria keeps more |
| β¬100,000 | β¬86,741 13.3% wedge |
β¬71,036 29.0% wedge |
β¬15,704 Bulgaria keeps more |
| β¬200,000 | β¬176,741 11.6% wedge |
β¬134,658 32.7% wedge |
β¬42,082 Bulgaria keeps more |
| Gross | π§π¬ Bulgaria Self-employed (ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π° ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΡ) |
π¨πΎ Cyprus Self-employed | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| β¬50,000 | β¬39,674 20.7% wedge |
β¬35,513 29.0% wedge |
β¬4,162 Bulgaria keeps more |
| β¬100,000 | β¬85,924 14.1% wedge |
β¬66,407 33.6% wedge |
β¬19,517 Bulgaria keeps more |
| β¬200,000 | β¬178,424 10.8% wedge |
β¬129,327 35.3% wedge |
β¬49,097 Bulgaria keeps more |
| Gross | π§π¬ Bulgaria EOOD dividends (10% corp + 5% dividend) |
π¨πΎ Cyprus Non-dom dividends (15% corp Β· 0% SDC Β· 2.65% GHS) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| β¬50,000 | β¬40,816 18.4% wedge |
β¬41,374 17.3% wedge |
β¬557 Cyprus keeps more |
| β¬100,000 | β¬83,566 16.4% wedge |
β¬82,748 17.3% wedge |
β¬819 Bulgaria keeps more |
| β¬200,000 | β¬169,066 15.5% wedge |
β¬165,495 17.3% wedge |
β¬3,571 Bulgaria keeps more |
Keeping more only matters if it buys more. Against the EU average, prices are 40.0% lower in Bulgaria and 8.4% lower in Cyprus. So that β¬100,000 founder income is really worth β¬139,277 in Bulgaria and β¬90,336 in Cyprus at EU-average prices β Bulgaria comes out ahead once prices are counted.
Price levels: Eurostat β purchasing power parities, COICOP 2018 (prc_ppp_ind_1), Actual individual consumption (COICOP A01), 2025. Source