"Overseas, there is a practice of adding the tip to the bill in restaurants.

Then they can be taxed.

When the state legally obliges everyone who enters the establishments to give 10% - then it is possible".

Richard Alibegov, chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Restaurants, commented on this in the program "This Morning".

"In Bulgaria, the NRA considers tips as theft.

You pay BGN 60 with a card in a restaurant - you are satisfied with the service staff and want to leave BGN 10.

We issue you a fiscal receipt for your consumption for BGN 50, and a note for BGN 60 comes out of the device on which you pay.

The NRA considers these BGN 10 to be unrealized turnover and theft from the treasury, and the establishment should be sealed for 30 days," he specified.

Romania has introduced a tip tax

Alibegov added that inspectors of the agency have the right to check the available turnover of each waiter.

"If the waiter has BGN 500 turnover in the cash terminal, and they find BGN 560 in his pocket.

Then the establishment can be fined up to BGN 2,000", said the chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Restaurants.

According to him, legalizing tipping is a good thing, but it should be tax-free.