Organizing
events at L44
Thank you for your interest in running an event or workshop at L44! You'll find all the details below.
Our terms
Of every ticket sold, 70% goes to you and 30% to L44
L44's share covers ticket sales, setting up the event, visuals for social media, managing and tracking payments, promotion, our team during the event, and the space itself.
Every organizer gets a password-protected link to follow sign-ups in real time.
How you receive your 70% depends on whether you work as a company, a self-insured person (СОЛ) or a private individual.
Please read the information for your option carefully.
What are the options?
You invoice us
L44 pays the full 70% of the tickets sold against your invoice.
- No civil contract
- Nothing withheld by us
- You pay your taxes yourself, as a company
Civil contract
L44 pays the full 70% and withholds nothing.
- You pay your own social contributions
- You pay your own tax
- The income goes into your annual tax return
Civil contract
L44 withholds and pays the tax for you and, when due, the social contributions.
- Depends on whether you are employed
- Not employed and under one minimum wage for the month: no contributions
- You receive the net amount by bank transfer
Calculator
The calculator is indicative and uses the rates valid today. The exact amount is set in the contract and the sales report.
Example: two workshops in one month
A host who is not employed runs two workshops at L44 in the same month. Each pays €500 (70% of the tickets).
Below the minimum wage (€620.20) → no contributions
Below the minimum wage → no contributions
Above the minimum wage → contributions are due on both contracts
Fees from L44 within one month are added together. So if the first workshop was paid without contributions, when paying the second L44 charges contributions for both. Your missed contributions for the first (11.98% × €375 = €44.93) are withheld from the second payment; L44 pays its own 15.82% separately.
If the two events are with different organizations, the threshold is checked separately for each.
Documents and contract
Fill in the documents, download them as PDF and email them to hello@l44.space before the event. The documents are in Bulgarian, as the contract and the tax authorities require it. Point at a field to see what goes in it. Details you enter once (name, ЕГН personal number, address) are filled in automatically in the other document too.
After the event we send you a report of the tickets sold. Your company issues an invoice for 70% of the value of the tickets sold and emails it to hello@l44.space.
The invoice is made out to Лобстер Криейтив Спейс ЕООД (Lobster Creative Space EOOD), ЕИК 206878512, VAT no. BG206878512, 15 Tsar Samuil St., Burgas, Bulgaria.
ДЕКЛАРАЦИЯ
за трудов и осигурителен статус във връзка с изплащане на възнаграждение по граждански договор
Днес, г., в гр.
Аз, долуподписаният/ата:
ЕГН:
Адрес:
Телефон / електронна поща:
във връзка с изплащане на възнаграждение по граждански договор с:
Възложител:
Период, за който се отнася възнаграждението:
Декларирам следното:
I. Трудов и осигурителен статус
Отбележете съответните обстоятелства към периода, за който се отнася възнаграждението:
II. Осигурителен доход през месеца
III. Допълнителни обстоятелства
IV. Декларация за достоверност
Декларирам, че посочените от мен данни са верни и пълни към датата на подписване на настоящата декларация.
Задължавам се при промяна на обстоятелствата, които имат значение за определяне на осигурителните вноски и данъка върху възнаграждението, своевременно да уведомя възложителя.
Известно ми е, че предоставената информация ще бъде използвана за целите на обработването на възнаграждението, определянето на дължимите данъци и осигурителни вноски и изпълнението на приложимите законови задължения.
Дата: г.
Декларатор:
Materials for creating an event
To present your event properly, we'll need some extra information from you. See below what to send us by email.
1. Event name
We recommend an event name of 2–3 words at most.
2. Short text
A short text introducing the workshop – up to 40 words.
3. Full text
The full text about the workshop – up to 150 words.
4. About the host
A short text introducing the host – up to 100 words.
5. Programme
What will happen during the workshop?
How long does the workshop last?
– up to 100 words.
6. What is included
Which materials are included in the price? – up to 100 words.
7. Who is it for?
Who is the event for?
Are there any age limits?
How many people will the group be?
Photos and video
Please send 3–5 good photos together with your answers, showing what will be made at the workshop or the process itself. We also accept video files we can use for promotion.
For events other than workshops, please contact us by phone or email for more information.
for more information.Please click one of the options above for more information.
Questions
When does L44 pay out?
Within 7 working days of the event we send you a report of the tickets sold. We pay within 5 working days of the signed handover protocol (individual / self-insured) or of receiving your invoice (company).
I don't know if I'm self-insured (СОЛ) or a private individual. How do I tell?
You are self-insured (СОЛ) if you have registered as such with НАП (the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency) and pay your own social contributions every month. The most common cases are:
• you work in a liberal profession such as artist, designer, photographer, musician or teacher and are registered for it with НАП;
• you have a registered craft or are a sole trader (ЕТ);
• you work in a company you own or co-own, without an employment contract.
If you haven't made such a registration and don't pay contributions yourself, you are a private individual. This also applies if you are employed, studying, not working or retired.
I pay my own health insurance. Does that make me self-insured? No. If you are not working and not insured on any other basis, the law requires you to pay health insurance only. It is a fixed amount (8% of the minimum wage, about €49.62 a month in 2026) and gives you the right to a doctor and hospital care. It does not make you self-insured.
The difference:
• Health insurance only: you are not registered for any activity, you don't file monthly income declarations and you only pay for healthcare. For us you are a private individual.
• Self-insured (СОЛ): you are registered with НАП for a specific activity (liberal profession, craft, sole trader or work in your own company). You choose your insurable income and pay pension, health and possibly sickness and maternity contributions on it every month, and you declare the income from that activity yourself.
If you are not working and only pay health insurance, choose Individual and then Not employed. L44 will withhold the tax and, if the amount for the month is above the minimum wage, the contributions under the contract.
If you have a company (for example an ЕООД) that issues invoices and the event is in its name, choose Company.
If you're not sure, check on the НАП website with your PIK code or e-signature (insurance statement), or ask your accountant.
Why are there no contributions below a certain amount?
If you are not employed, contributions on a civil contract are due only if the amount for the month, after deducting 25% recognized expenses, is at least one minimum monthly wage (€620.20 in 2026). That means a fee of about €827 or more. Below that, only the 10% tax is withheld.
If you are employed, contributions are due on any amount until your total insurable income for the month reaches the maximum (€2,300). Above it, only tax is withheld.
How does it work if I run several events in one month?
Fees from L44 in the same month are added together. In the calculator, enter the amount from the other event in the field “Other fees from L44 this month”. If you are not employed, you will also see an example with two workshops under the calculator.
Who pays the contributions and tax?
For private individuals, L44 withholds your contributions (11.98%) and the 10% tax and pays them to НАП. L44's own contributions (15.82%) are paid by L44 separately and are not taken from your amount. You receive the net amount. For companies and self-insured people we withhold nothing.
I'm unemployed and registered with the Labour Office
Income under a civil contract may affect your benefit or registration. Check with the Labour Office before we sign.