Extension to the filing date of Income Tax Return IR1 2022
Extension to the filing date of Income Tax Return IR1 2022 The Cyprus Tax Department has announced that the submission of the 2022 Personal Income Tax Return has been extended until 31st October 2023. Employees, Pensioners and Self-Employed whose gross…
Read moreDeadline for Registration of Beneficial Ownership Data and imposition of fines – 2023
Cyprus – The Department of the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property invites all companies, European public limited liability companies, Cooperatives, and their officers/partners, to register the details and information of their beneficial owners in the Register maintained by…
Read moreInspections for undeclared work and compliance with legislation
The Inspection Service of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance announced targeted inspections, on a nationwide basis, in leisure centres, clubs, restaurants, cafes, and other similar businesses, in an effort to combat undeclared work and monitor compliance with Basic…
Read moreNew minimum wages in the hotel industry – 2023
Cyprus – The Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance announced on August 24, 2023, the revised salary thresholds in a number of occupations in the hotel industry, with a retroactive effective date of June 1, 2023. The replacement of the…
Read more2023 Summer Holidays – office dates
Kindly note that our office will be closed from the 14th to the 18th of August 2023 (both days included) due to the summer holidays.
Read moreStart of submission of Income Tax Return declaration for 2022
Cyprus July 2023 – The Tax Department announced that the submission of the Individual Income Return for 2022 through the TaxisNet system has begun. Employees, Pensioners and Self-employed persons with a gross total income over 19,500 euros must submit an…
Read moreDefence contribution tax withheld on rents in 2 semi-annual payments
The law was amended so that the obligation to pay the Defence contribution tax withheld on rents can be settled in two semi-annual instalments instead of monthly payments. Starting from June 9th, 2023, every person who has the obligation…
Read moreCyprus changes income tax law to charm high-salary earners
Cyprus, July 2023 – The Tax Department recently amended the law for income tax exemptions (a 50% exemption) for non-residents of Cyprus. The revised law has backdated effect as of 1st of January 2022 and affects personal income tax declarations…
Read moreUpdate: Cameroon, Croatia and Vietnam under Increased Monitoring by FATF
Following the new publication (23/06/2023) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) the following countries have been added to the Jurisdictions Under Increased Monitoring (the “grey” list). New Entries to the FATF’s Jurisdictions Under Increased Monitoring List: -Cameroon -Croatia -Vietnam…
Read moreCyprus companies: 2023 Temporary tax first instalment
Companies that expect to have taxable income for the year 2023 must pay the first instalment of the temporary (provisional) tax by 31 July 2023. The tax, calculated as 12.5% on the taxable income, is payable in two equal instalments,…
Read moreP. CONSTANTINOU & CO LTD in The Limassol Issue of Gold Magazine
Once again, our Firm was included in the famous “The Limassol Issue” published yearly by Gold Magazine (June 2023), the business magazine of Cyprus. We would like to express our gratitude to the Gold Magazine editorial team for the honour….
Read moreCyprus – Additional products and services with zero or reduced VAT
The Council of Ministers approved on June 15, 2023, a Decree amending the VAT Legislation in order to change VAT rates on certain products and services. A VAT rate of 5% to 3% is adopted for entrance tickets for theatrical…
Read moreCyprus – In which sectors can third-country students be employed?
Cyprus – The Minister of Labour and Social Insurance has amended the Decree concerning the employment of Third Country Nationals who are in the Republic with the status of a student, in which specific sectors of economic activity can they…
Read moreCyprus approves 5% VAT for small first residence
The Cyprus Parliament passed the law for a reduced 5% VAT rate applied for the first 130 sqm of a residence, either for a house or a flat, with a value of €350,000. Updated 22/6/2023 The reduced VAT will apply…
Read moreEmployees with children in Cyprus – Additional annual leave days allowed
The Department of Public Administration and Personnel of the Ministry of Finance issued last Thursday a useful guide for the new legislation which came into force in early 2023, regarding the additional annual leave that working parents with children are…
Read more2023 Cyprus company annual Levy Tax deadline due end of June
The deadline for the annual levy tax for the year 2023, which is €350 per company, must be paid by 30 June 2023 at latest. If a company fails to pay the annual levy until the above deadline, a…
Read moreCyprus: Foreign investor Immigration Permit criteria changes
May 2023 – The Cyprus Government Council of Ministers amended recently the criteria for obtaining an Immigration Permit in Cyprus as a foreign investor. The new criteria are in force as of 2 May 2023. The most significant changes…
Read moreCyprus Tax Department: Reduced VAT, card payment acceptance, income tax declaration
The Cyprus Tax Department issued 3 different announcements in the past few days. The first concerns the application of a zero VAT rate for certain categories of products and the second concerns the obligation to accept cards and the…
Read more2023: United Kingdom Corporation Tax increase to 25%
The HMRC announced the increase of the amount of Corporation tax companies will have to pay. The increased tax is directly linked to the amount of profit a business has made. The increase will be effective from April 1st, 2023….
Read moreCyprus 2023: Notional Interest Deduction rates
On March 16, 2023, the Cyprus Tax Department released the 10-year government bond yield rates as of December 31, 2022. These rates, after being increased by 5%, can serve as reference rates for calculating the Notional Interest Deduction (NID)…
Read moreUpdate: Nigeria and South Africa under Increased Monitoring by FATF
On the 24th of February 2023, FATF issued an updated list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring. The updated list includes Nigeria and South Africa to the jurisdictions subject to increased monitoring, and it also removed Cambodia and Morocco from…
Read moreUpdate: Russia and 3 other countries blacklisted by EU as non-cooperative
On the 14th of February, the EU issued a press release updating its blacklist regarding non-cooperative countries adding the British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands and Russia to its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. After this…
Read more2023: Cyprus Tax Department Transfer Pricing updated FAQ
On 10 February 2023, the Cyprus Tax Department issued an updated text with Frequently Asked Questions regarding to transfer pricing. The article provides a few basic guidelines on certain matters of the new Transfer Pricing documentation rules that were…
Read moreCyprus: A guide to filing Annual Returns and Financial Statements
All companies in Cyprus, following their incorporation with the Registrar of Companies, have the statutory obligation to maintain their registration up to date, by complying with their annual obligations and by notifying any changes in their details, within the…
Read moreCyprus: Foreign interest companies and non-EU employees
The Ministers Council approved recently certain changes in the criteria for companies to register as foreign interest companies in Cyprus. These changes are valid from the 12th of December, 2022. The changes aim to attract companies, their employees, and their…
Read more2023: The new Cyprus Tax for All System
On 17/1/2023, the Cyprus Tax Department announced that the gradual implementation of the new Unified Tax Management System Tax For All (TFA) has already begun, which aims to gradually replace (among others) the TAXISnet platform and in the future…
Read moreCyprus Businesses and Salary Payment – Employer’s Obligations
In December 2022, an amending law on the Protection of Salaries was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus, which includes new terms regarding the employer’s obligations in matters relating to personnel, payroll and other issues….
Read moreUpdated 2023: Cyprus Social Insurance and General Healthcare System contributions
General Healthcare System and Social Insurance contributions in Cyprus for the year 2023 will remain the same as in 2022. Contributions Employee Employer Self Employed Social Insurance 8.3% 8.3% 15.6% Social cohesion Fund 2% Redundancy Fund 1.2% Industrial…
Read moreA brief glance at the new Cyprus Shipping Limited Liability Companies (SLLC)
On October 6, 2022, the Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) announced that the “Law on the Shipping Limited Liability Company” of 2022, also known as the “SLLC Law,” had been approved by the House of Representatives. The SDM, with its…
Read moreCyprus bank and public holidays for 2023
The dates listed below are Bank and Public Holidays in Cyprus for 2023. On these dates, all public services, private companies, banks, and shops are closed, although many shops and certain services remain open in some areas, busy shopping…
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