At LegalMasters.bg, we understand that hiring an attorney may seem like a serious endeavour with unknown financial implications for the client. That is why we are firmly committed to assisting every visitor to make a more informed decision when using legal services and to calculate how a consultation or legal action will impact their budget—sometimes by a positive surprise. This is possible when using our Minimum Attorney Fees Calculator.
This led to the idea and further implementation of free online calculators to compute the fees and expenses associated with various legal actions.
In this series, our team will introduce different calculators to you that can benefit clients and fellow attorneys in calculating projected fees and expenses in their daily work.
Part II: Calculators for Minimum Attorney Fees
In this section, you will find three calculators: 1. For minimum attorney fees in civil and commercial cases 2. For minimum fees in execution cases, and 3. For minimum fees in administrative cases.
1. Calculator for Minimum Attorney Fees regarding Civil and Commercial Cases
This calculator calculates the minimum attorney fee for one instance. It is due to the attorney handling civil and commercial cases, involving monetary and property claims, under the Regulation of the Supreme Bar Council.
Here, you should enter the amount of your claim. This can be the amount owed to you or the property value for which you want to file a legal case.
You should know that the calculation applies to one judicial instance.
Also, if your attorney is registered under the VAT Act, you should be additionally VAT charged on the fee agreed.
The calculator also allows the computation of the minimum fee for some specific cases. In such a case, you choose one of the options provided. If your case is not among the listed, you should not select anything. Just enter the size of your claim.
Important! Your attorney should not charge you with a fee at the minimum rate. The size of your claim and your case’s factual and legal complexity might define the exact amount due. The calculator is mostly informative by character.
2. Calculator for Minimum Fees in Execution Cases
This calculator computes the minimum attorney fee due for monetary claims under the Regulation of the Supreme Bar Council for the initiation, handling, or defence in enforcement cases.
You should first indicate whether you are calculating as a creditor or a debtor. The significance of this distinction is that if you are a creditor, the calculator will automatically add a fee if the execution action is yet to be initiated by the attorney.
You should enter the amount of the debt in the value field. This is the amount shown on the writ of execution and includes both the principal and the amount awarded in the schedule for late payment and costs.
Everything mentioned above about charging VAT applies here along with the instruction on whether the minimum amount is mandatory for your attorney.
3. Calculator for minimum fees in administrative cases.
This calculator computes the minimum attorney fee due to an attorney for conducting administrative cases per instance under the Regulation of the Supreme Bar Council.
You should enter a material interest in the value field. In this case, it is the amount reflecting the level your rights and legitimate interests are affected by the administration – for example, a fine, a penalty, an amount under a revisory act, etc.
Everything mentioned above about charging VAT applies here along with the instruction on whether the minimum amount is mandatory for your attorney.
If you require further information about the calculators described, you can contact us by email at contact@legalmasters.bg.
If you would like to check out our other free online calculators, see the rest of this series:
Part I: Civil and Commercial Fees