Prof. Dr. Lyubka Tsenova

Prof. Dr. Lyubka Tsenova

Prof. Lyubka Tsenova graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski „. She has defended her doctoral dissertation at the Institute for State and Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She graduated post-graduate specialization in „Labor law“ at the Law Faculty of Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski „.  She has 30 years of teaching experience in higher education institutions. She has taught at  Dimitar A. Tsenov Academy of Economics – Svistov, in  Free University and Southwest University“ Neofit Rilski “ – Burgas. VUZF has been a lecturer since 2007 on International Tax Law and Labor and Social Security Law. She is the scientific supervisor of PhD students.

She has worked as an expert in the Chief Tax Directorate of the Ministry of Finance, the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice and as head of department and Director of the Legislation and European Law Directorate of the National Assembly.

She has specialized in the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, the US Treasury and Austria.

She has been a national correspondent since 2001 of the specialized tax magazines, International VAT Monitor and European Taxation, of the IBFD publishing group – The Netherlands.

She collaborates with the editions of the publishing complex „Bulgarian Lawyer“ and the publishing house „Dobi Pres“ – LLC, as well as with the „Administrative justice“ magazine. She is the author of five monographs, 45 studies and over 200 articles. She has participated in more than 25 scientific forums in Bulgaria and abroad.

Selected publications:

      Tzenova, L., The basis of tax legislation ISBN -91136, contributed, 2006.

      Tzenova, L.,, The New Value Added Tax Act, Trud I Pravo Publishing House, 272 pages, ISBN 10, 954-608-132-9, contributed 198 pages, 2006.

      Tzenova, L., Topical Legal Issues Related to Excise Duties – European Dimensions, Sofia, Ciela  Publishing House, ISBN 978-954-28-0808-4, 285 pages, 2010.

      Tzenova, L., European Tax Law, a Monograph, Sofia, Fenea Publishing House, ISBN 978-619-163-003-5, 159 pages ,2012.

      Tzenova, L., Taxation – Recent Trends, Sofia, Avangard Prima Publishing House,  ISBN 978-619-160-901-7, 178 pages, 2017.

      Tzenova, Lubka. Bulgaria, Tax on fees from renting out apartments located in mountain and naval resorts introduced,  May 2018, TAX News Service, IBFD.

      Tzenova, Lubka, Bulgaria Corporative Tax Changes, European taxation, IBFD, Holand,  May 2018

      Tzenova, L., Bulgaria, Proposal to amend Excise Duties and Tax Warehouses Act – parliament adopts amendment,,  June,2018, TAX News Service, IBFD.

      Tzenova, L., Bulgaria, Changes in tax procedural code adopted , TAX News Service, IBFD, July, 2018.

      Changes in the VAT Act 2014 and Business Issues / Legal View of Economic Issues /, a report at a jubilee scientific conference organized on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Vesselin Christophorov, 21 November 2014, University of National and World Economy

      Tzenova, L.,  “Tax weekend” – what does it mean in Bulgarian tax legislation?”, Eleventh international conference: “Knowledge capital of the future topic- Knowledge in practice”, December 16-18, 2016 Bansko, Bulgaria, Scientific papers, Vol. 15.3., ISBN 1857-92, Global Impact and Quality Factor, 1.0023, p. 957-961, 2016.

      Tzenova L., „A new alternative of local tax in Bulgaria”, 12th International scientific conference “Knowledge without borders”, March 31 – April 2, 2017, Branjacka banja, Serbia, Global Impact and Quality Factor 1.322 /2016 г./, Vol.16.3, ISSN 1857-923X, p. 963-967, 2017.

      Tzenova L., Current trends in VAT taxation „, Sofia Scientific Conference, Bulgaria’s Membership in the EU: 10 Years Later, UNWE, Faculty of International Economics and Politics, p. 2017

      Tzenova L.,  Mandatory automatic exchange of tax information – a political agreement   between EU Member States, Knowledge International Journalq vol.19, Global Impact Factor 1.322, Agia Triada, Greece, 2017