On April 7, 2021, the Republic of Cyprus announced amendments to the eligible criteria for the Cyprus Permanent Residency Programme. The Permanent Residency Programme covers the applicant’s relatives including his own parents, his dependent children up to the age of 18, unmarried children who are students up to the age of 25, as well…
Since January 2019, Belize has incorporated a new tax regime which has led to the collapse of the zero-tax heaven regime. In simple words, all Belize international companies (“IBCs”) whether tax-residents or non-tax residents, are now liable for income taxes…
“The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax.’’ This was said by Nobel prize winner and arguably one of the greatest physicists of all time, Albert Einstein. While it’s doubtful whether he was referring to the base rate;…
Eurofast would like to bring to your attention that the deadline for the payment of the Annual Levy for 2021 has been extended from 30 June to 31 December 2021 without the penalty charge of 10% or 30%. We remind you that…
Eurofast would like to inform you that an additional extension of the deadline until September 30th, 2021 has been given on June 4th, as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation in relation to reportable cross-border arrangements (DAC6 Reporting). The implementation of DAC6 continues to be retroactive and also…
“Master your strengths, outsource your weaknesses.” This is a well-known quote from American career coach and TV personality Ryan Kahn and cannot be more relevant to what is happening in the business world today. Post-pandemic we are seeing a renewed optimism in Europe, the European Commission’s index of…
On April 7, 2021, the Republic of Cyprus has announced amendments to the eligible criteria for the Cyprus Permanent Residency Programme. In pursuance of the provisions of Regulation 6(2) of the Aliens and Immigration Regulations, the Minister of Interior, having notified the Council of Ministers, has…
As we informed you late last year, the Council of Ministers decided to transpose the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2015/849 to the national legislation. The registry development has been completed and the Ministry of Finance has announced its official operation on April 6th, 2021. All legal…
Christodoulos Damianou, together with colleagues Christos Theophilou and Demis Ioannou of Taxand Cyprus present a case study of how the Cypriot tax authorities use safe harbour rules in determining arm’s-length interest rates. Transfer pricing has always been a challenging exercise,…
Eurofast would like to inform you that from April 1st, 2021, the Registrar of companies shall impose penalties for every company that fails to timely file its annual return. Upon the first day of non-compliance the late filing fee shall amount to fifty euro (€50) plus a further charge of one euro (€1) for every day for the first 6…