Bulgaria National Revenue Agency (NAP) Executive Director, Krasimir Stefanov, has stated that a meeting will be held on March 5 with German authorities over Bulgarians' accounts in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Stefanov said Friday that the March 5 meeting has been confirmed by Germany's revenue administration and that he will accompany a team of NAP experts to Berlin. He added that the subject of the meeting would be the exchange of information between revenue authorities and the two countries.

“Part of the topic will be the accounts that are available to our colleagues in Germany - both in Switzerland and in Liechtenstein...There we will be acquainted with the information they have. Even if we do not receive official information immediately, it would be sufficient to understand who the Bulgarians are with accounts in Switzerland and Liechtenstein and their sizes, to start the relevant controls,” Stefanov added, cited by the Standart daily newspaper.

On other subjects Stefanov commented that have started to declare their loans from individuals and that distributed bogus loans amount to USD 1 B each year in Bulgaria. He added that the tax inspections of pop and folk singers as well as footballers will most likely continue for another 2-3 months.