UBO Reporting: breach of personal rights

On 22 November 2022 the Court of Justice of the European Union (โ€œCJEUโ€) ruled that the provision of Directive (EU) 2015/849 establishing that all Member States must ensure that information on the beneficial ownership of legal entities is accessible in all cases to any member of the general public is invalid and in conflict with […]

Unpaid Annual Levy and possible strike off

On 3 November 2022 the Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (โ€œROCโ€) announced that it intends to proceed with the ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ฒ. The ROC may remove a company from the register if the company fails to pay the annual fee provided for […]

Tax Exemptions on the First Employment: Clarifications

On 01.11.2022 the Tax Department has issued the Circular (ฮฮฟ. 10/2022) for the purposes of clarifying new tax income exemptions for the practical application as well as conceptualizing the term โ€œfirst employmentโ€. By virtue of the Circular, it should be noted that the first employment of an individual ceased to exist or never existed in […]

Clarification on Bilateral Agreement between Cyprus and United States

On 13.10.2022 the Cyprus Tax Department notified all legal entities and their official representatives that the Bilateral Competent Authority Arrangement (CAA) for the exchange of Country-by-Country (CbC Reports) between Cyprus and the United States of America for Reporting Fiscal Years will be effective on or after 01.01.2022. As a result, if the Ultimate Parent Entity […]