The following guides have been made available courtesy of EY. 2019 Worldwide Corporate Tax Guide, 2019 Worldwide VAT, GST and Sales Tax Guide, 2018-19 Worldwide TP Reference Guide all of which provide information regarding the...Read More
The members of the Cyprus International Businesses Association raised the amount of EUR 2.585,00 for the Panos Evripidou Foundation, at a summer social event, held on the 18th July 2019 at La Isla in Limassol....Read More
What is the impact on your business – What are the next steps? Further to the amending VAT legislation (effective from 1 January 2019 & covered in our June VAT Newsletter) on the VAT treatment...Read More
A CIBA delegation met with the Governor of the Cyprus Central Bank on July 16th in Nicosia. The initiative was undertaken to inform the Central Bank with regards to the specific issues faced by the...Read More
The Board of the Cyprus International Businesses Association took part in a one day workshop, facilitated by Human Asset – a member company of the Association – the outcome of which, will be presented to...Read More
Please be reminded that the 1st of August 2019 is the deadline for the payment of the final tax for the year 2018 for companies and self-employed individuals preparing audited financial statements. In case the...Read More
On 26 June 2019 an amendment to the Special Defence Contribution (SDC) Law was published in the Official Government Gazette. According to the amendment, effective from 26 June 2019, the SDC rate applicable on interest...Read More
Release of circular amending eligibility criteria for VAT recovery on bad debts Refresher of the Case As previously mention in an earlier newsletter, in the case of C-127/18, the Court of Justice of the European...Read More
Date and Time: 18th July 2019 – 7.30 pm Venue: La Isla, Limassol Cost per Ticket: EUR 25.00 (includes one drink with cheese platter to share and the chance to win a return ticket for...Read More
CJEU Case Update of importance for Cyprus VAT practice: Does a Board Member constitute a taxable person for VAT purposes? Director Fees VAT treatment determined on factual specifics with cost savings possible The Court of...Read More
CIBA was a proud supporter of the CYPRUS IT FORUM where 300+ IT businessmen, investors and government officials got together to discuss the micro- and macro developments in the IT industry. This year the speakers...Read More
As a part of its policies aiming to further encourage Foreign Direct Investment and to attract high net worth individuals to settle and do business in Cyprus the Council of Ministers established the "Cyprus Investment...Read More
As per the Assessment and Collection of Taxes Law, every company or individual (who derives income other than from emoluments) must pay before 31 July 2019 an estimate of the taxable profit for (corporate) income...Read More
CIBA was honoured to participate at the roundtable discussions, held on the current Cyprus Banking Reform, organised by The School of Business and Management of UCLan Cyprus.Read More
Significant Amendments affecting a number of Cypriot businesses The Cyprus House of Representatives passed amendments to the VAT Law as well as issued Regulations which set out the changes in the VAT treatment of vouchers...Read More
On 15 May 2019, Cyprus signed a tax treaty with Kazakhstan which was published in the Gazette on 24 May 2019. This is an important development as Kazakhstan is the 9th largest country in the...Read More
The Tax Department issued two interpretative circulars providing certain clarifications with regard to the Informative booklet on Benefits in Kind which was issued in October 2018. The first circular provides clarifications regarding the below provisions...Read More
Important CJEU Update: Recovery of VAT on qualifying bad debt in cases where debtors are no longer VAT registered Action Required In case C-127/18, the Court of Justice of the European Union held that a...Read More
