Real Estate

The Bulgarian real estate market has seen rapid development in the past years. Large amounts of investment money are looking for investment opportunities. Development continues in all segments – office, retail, industrial, logistics and residential – to meet this demand. Expected EU entry provides great opportunities for these trends to continue. There are also new types of transactions and financing methods to consider.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has a dedicated team of tax, legal, advisory and assurance specialists to address these matters both in Bulgaria and across the South East European region. Our experienced real estate team can advise you in all areas of acquisition, development, financing, evaluation and management of real estate and construction in order to help you optimise the value of transactions and processes.

Industry-specific services

  • Local tax structuring – sale and lease back transactions, lease incentives, rental contracts, financing and refinancing etc.
  • Tax due diligence reviews, on the spot investigations, etc.
  • Structuring advice for VAT exempt real estate investors, rental contract structuring in order to avoid post-acquisition repayments of recovered input VAT, etc. Real estate transfer tax advice – structuring possibilities to manage the transfer tax liability, etc.
  • Advice on tax beneficial holding company locations, financial structures, repatriation and exit strategies
  • Due diligence review of target company to be acquired for the purpose of purchasing real estate
  • Due diligence prior to purchase of real estate property

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