A public-service calculator. Independent. Source-cited.

Tariff numbers should be readable by the people they affect.

Every bar council in the region publishes a tariff — a schedule of reference fees, tied to articles and procedural categories. The numbers exist. The problem is that they are buried in legal gazettes, written in dense statutory language, and structured around lawyers, not clients.

Tarifo turns that schedule into something you can use in two minutes: pick a country, describe your matter, read the number — and see which article in the tariff produced it. The breakdown is the product.

A reference, not a quote. A schedule, not advice.

Why the numbers are credible — and why they are not minimums.

For Bulgaria, figures are drawn from Наредба № 1 от 09.07.2004 г. за възнаграждения за адвокатска работа, consolidated after ДВ бр. 14/2025. Following CJEU C-438/22, the schedule no longer functions as a binding minimum: courts and parties may depart from it.

All amounts are shown in EUR, converted from the original BGN figures at the fixed rate 1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN. Tarifo presents tariff amounts as reference values — neither a floor nor a ceiling, and not legal advice.

Where Tarifo applies today — and what's next.

Tarifo covers the jurisdictions below, each computed from that country's own official bar-council or ministry tariff — not from market quotes or averages. The live ones link straight to their methodology page, where the statute, currency and revision date are set out. More are in scope.

How a number gets to the page.

For each jurisdiction we ingest the canonical tariff text, build a machine-readable schema of categories, tiers and modifiers, and version it against the official gazette. Every figure on the page links back to a specific article — and to that country's full methodology page, which you'll find linked under Countries we cover above. When the tariff changes, the schema is updated and the revision date moves.

We do not average market quotes, scrape law-firm websites, or invent benchmarks. If a number cannot be traced to the published schedule, it does not appear on Tarifo.

Who's behind Tarifo.

Tarifo is founded and edited by Rostislav Kirchev. It began from a personal problem: when you live, work, travel or deal with another country, it is hard to find clear information about legal costs there — and almost impossible in your own language. The aim of Tarifo is that anyone can find that information, where it exists, in their own language, without needing to read a foreign legal gazette or speak the local language.

The reference figures are computed from each country's official tariff and reviewed by practising lawyers qualified in the relevant jurisdiction — currently Bulgaria and Germany, with further jurisdictions added as coverage grows. There is no parent law firm, no investor pressure to rank or recommend anyone, and no premium tier, so the incentives stay aligned with the reader rather than with anyone selling legal services.

Independent. Funded by display advertising.

Tarifo is a self-funded project. The site shows clearly-labeled display advertising (Google Ads) in the slots marked Advertisement. We do not accept payment from law firms in exchange for placement, ranking, or referrals, and there is no premium tier of the calculator.

If you spot an error in a tariff figure, an article reference, or a translation, please send a correction.

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