Personal Income Tax Return 2021
According to the announcement by the Tax Department of Cyprus on 08 April 2022, Personal Income Tax Return (Form T.D.1) for the tax year 2021 is now accessible for electronic submissions through the Tax Portal TaxisNet. The tax return (Form T.D.1) is addressed to employees, pensioners, and to self-employed individuals (Form T.D.1 self-employed) with turnover […]
Non-compliance with UBO reporting – penalties announced
12 March 2022 is the last date when companies or other legal entities incorporated before 12 March 2021 in Cyprus should report data about their Beneficial Owners. According to the Circular issued on 25 January 2022 by the Registrar of Companies – in case of a non-compliance with any of the obligations – the company […]
Government’s Plan for Tax Reform in 2022 – announcement of improve national taxation framework through the reduction of administrative burden associated with compliance.
The Minister stated that increasing corporate tax in Cyprus from 12,5% to 15% will not significantly affect the foreign investments in Cyprus. The main matter for the tax reformation to be examined are as follows: Increase of corporate tax from 12.5% to 15%; Reduction or abolition of the €350 annual company levy; Reduction of contribution […]
Cypriot DAC6 Guidelines Decree
On 29th October 2021 the Cypriot Ministry of Finance issued guidelines in the form of Ministerial decree which clarify key terms of Cypriot Mandatory Disclosure Rules Law (we have already written article about the law itself). Its main target is to provide explanation for the relevant persons influenced by the EU Directive related to exchange […]
EU Corporations tax data to be unveiled to public
The European Parliament announced on 11 November 2021 adoption of a CBCR directive (public country by country reporting). The new directive applies to multinational groups (MNE groups) operating in EU which revenues exceeds EUR 750 million within consolidated group. Tax related data of such groups should already be reported to Tax Authorities, but the directive […]
Crypto Asset Services Providers – registration with the CySEC
Crypto Asset Services Provider (CASP) established in the European Economic Area and registered with one or more EEA National Competent Authorities for the purpose of the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Law (AML/CFT Law) that delivers services in or from Cyprus, must formally register with the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). In […]
10% additional tax for employees with „income other than employment income”
On 19 October 2021, the Ministry of Finance, issued Interpretive Circular no. 54 (“Circular”), which concern of imposition of 10% additional tax for employees with income other than employment income. The circular reference to the provisions of article 26 of the Assessment and Collection of Taxes Law and article 24 of the Assessment and Collection […]
Sejm przyjął Polski Ład. Zmiany w podatkach 2022
Uwaga: Omawiane poniżej zmiany przepisów są w trakcie prac legislacyjnych. W dacie sporządzenia niniejszej informacji prace legislacyjne prowadzi Senat RP po czym projekt wraz z poprawkami zostanie przekazany na ostatnie, trzecie czytanie do Sejmu RP. Prezentowane zmiany mogą ulec zmianie a zamieszona informacja nie wskazuje wiążącego stanu prawnego od 1 stycznia 2022 roku. Polski Ład […]
EU set to remove Seychelles, Anguilla and Dominica from the Tax Haven Blacklist
The European Union has agreed to remove Anguilla, Dominica, and Seychelles from its blacklist of tax havens. All three had previously been placed on the list because they did not fulfill the EU’s tax transparency standards of being assessed as at least “largely compliant” by the OECD Global Forum in terms of information exchange on […]
DAC6 – Automatic Exchange of Information
The Council of the European Union has adopted the Directive 2018/822 for amending the Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation. Genesis UE Member States find it increasingly difficult to protect their national tax bases from erosion as tax-planning structures have evolved to be particularly sophisticated. Such structures […]
