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2017 YIELD RATES ANNOUNCED BY THE CYPRUS TAX AUTHORITIES – COURTESY OF PWC

For the purposes of the NID the Cyprus Tax Authorities (CTA) have now announced the interest yields of the 10-year government bonds for Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom as at 31 December 2016, the relevant date for tax year 2017. We understand that, unless […]

PROFIT SPREADS ON RELATED-PARTY FINANCING TRANSACTIONS – COURTESY OF PWC

The Cyprus Tax Authorities (CTA) recently informed the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) via a letter that with effect from 1 July 2017 they will cease their practice of specified minimum spreads on qualifying related-party financing transactions that was based on 2011 correspondence between the CTA and the ICPAC. The letter notes […]

CYPRUS EXPANDS IS TREATY NETWORK – COURTESY OF EY

Cyprus’ double tax treaty network has been extended with four new treaties becoming effective as of 1 January 2017. These include treaties with India, Latvia, Bahrain and Georgia. The four new treaties are generally based on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Model Tax Convention framework with a number of modifications. This Alert summarizes […]

PROCEDURE FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF OVERDUE TAX LIABILITIES – COURTESY OF EY

The House of Representatives voted a new law (L. 4(I)/2017) regarding the procedure for the settlement of overdue tax liabilities. This law was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic (“Gazette”) on 03/02/2017 and will enter into force as of the date that the Commissioner of Taxation publishes the relevant notification in the Gazette. […]

TAXISNET ONLINE REGISTRATION BY MAY 2017

The Tax Department would like to inform you that online registration to the V.A.T. Taxisnet system is now available. Registration to the Taxisnet system is a prerequisite for the electronic submission of V.A.T. Returns and Recapitulative Statement (VIES).  Online registration can be accomplished through the following link: https://taxisnetreg.mof.gov.cy The Tax Department encourages taxpayers to use online […]

AWARD TO SOFTIMPACT LTD.

At the CIBA 2016 AGM – SOFTimpact Ltd., a member company of CIBA, was presented with an award,  by the President of the Association Mr. Frixos Savvides, to thank them for their invaluable support in setting up the new CIBA Website . The Executive Committee is very pleased with the modern  look, as well as the user friendly […]