Country and currency

The company country in Bulido is a key setting. It drives the VAT rate, time zone, date format, and decimal separator. It also sets the starting default currency and the currency of your Bulido subscription. You change it under Settings → Company Data, in the Country field.

Default settings for Germany

For German companies, Bulido sets the following defaults:

• Default currency: EUR
• Default VAT: 19%
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin
• Date format: DD.MM.YYYY
• Decimal separator: comma
• Units: European

If your company is registered in another country, you can still use the app — just pick the closest defaults.

What changes when you change the country

When you change the country, Bulido automatically overrides several fields with the defaults for the new country:

• Default VAT rate
• Time zone
• Date format
• Decimal separator
• Units

That's a safeguard. When you change the country, you usually want the whole set of regional settings to match in one go, not field by field.

How the default currency behaves

The default currency lives under Settings → Regional settings and decides how amounts display across the app.

It follows the company country until you set it yourself. As long as you've never changed it, switching the country also switches the currency to the new country's default. Once you pick a currency of your own, Bulido keeps it — a later country change no longer overrides it.

Individual fields can be overridden

If you want any field different from the default (e.g. setting the VAT rate to 7% for reduced-rate residential work), just change the field manually after picking the country. Bulido keeps your choice.

Effect on new quotes

Country and currency changes affect new quotes only. Existing quotes keep the currency and settings they were created with. You can't change a quote's currency after sending (the client would see a different currency than the one they originally accepted).

Effect on Bulido billing

Your Bulido subscription is always billed in the currency of the company country — never the default currency from Regional settings. So if you set a default currency that differs from your country, the subscription can still be billed in a different currency. If you change the company country, future subscription invoices come out in the new currency.

What's next

• Set the date format and decimal separator
• Metric or imperial: pick your units