The rulers have just pointed a gun in the face of business in the draft budget. It is proposed to introduce state-approved software for retail outlets - SUPTO. That is, all retail outlets should install new software for reporting sales in a few weeks. This is absolutely impossible.
This was published on his Facebook page by the co-chairman of "Yes, Bulgaria" Ivaylo Mirchev on the occasion of the Budget 2026 draft published by the Ministry of Finance. Here is more from Mirchev's comment:
I cannot believe that the Ministry of Finance considers the introduction of SUPTO in a few weeks to be a realistic possibility. The goal is rather to use this as a smokescreen to cover up the other follies in this budget - raising social security contributions and max. social security income, dividend tax, etc. Whatever the reason for the emergence of SUPTO, one thing is certain - if this budget is adopted, we are in for a debt spiral, stumbling businesses in every way and an attack on the emerging middle class.
A few months ago it became clear that the update of the cash registers could not be completed on time and accordingly the NRA began to turn a blind eye, giving additional deadlines. The special thing, however, is that a cash register is updated using a one-time external command and downloading the firmware via a cloud service, which happens automatically and does not require the direct intervention of a service engineer on site. The cash register is an autonomous system that is closed and maintained in a precisely defined form according to the rules and approval of the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology. There, everything is done quickly and using well-trodden technology. And yet there were difficulties, delays and extended deadlines.
At the same time, SUPTO is much more diverse and is updated frequently according to the emerging requirements for new processes and business models. In this case, we have a long process of preparation, adaptation and approval of the software according to the requirements, it is necessary to include it in some register - existing or new - and its subsequent implementation, which, however, cannot be like cash registers with one command and update via the cloud. It can only be done with the help of a long-term implementation process, which will take much more time, effort and resources. In the best case, this is possible for 12 months.
The extraordinary requirement for SUPTO appears while adapting all this software according to the requirements for switching to the euro. In this way, the state itself puts companies in an inability to meet the requirements, and foreign companies in even greater difficulty, since a manufacturing enterprise with points of sale or large ERP software does not have the opportunity to make these changes, enter that list and implement them in a month.
This whole thing puts businesses in the position of being fined for the inability to meet these insane requirements. In turn, the requirements appear without time for manufacturers to prepare and without warning.