Following the recent visit of Russian President Medvedev to Cyprus and the signing of the Protocol to the double taxation agreement on behalf of the governments of both countries, it is expected that the amended treaty will be ratified by the Parliaments of the two countries and will become effective from 1 January 2011. The…
An agreement on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of income tax evasion between Cyprus and United Arab Emirates was announced by the Cyprus Government. Although details of the agreement have not yet been released, according to the official announcement, the agreement will contribute greatly to further capitalising on UAE investment interests in…
The Limitation of Actions Law sets out the time limits within which claims must be brought before a court. The Law was suspended following inter-communal disturbances in 1964 and has remained suspended ever since.Law 110(I)/2002 was passed, which provided that the Limitations Law would re-enter into force with effect from 1 June 2005. However, Law…
The Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov, said he hopes to sign a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Cyprus, in a meeting with President of Cyprus’s House of Representatives, Marios Karoyan. “For many years we are in talks to sign convention on avoiding double taxation. Ten years ago when I worked as the Head of Tax…
Cyprus has entered into almost 50 double-tax treaties, most of which follow the OECD Model Convention. The following countries are among those which have double-tax treaties with Cyprus: Azerbaijan Armenia Austria Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Canada China CIS (ex-USSR) Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Germany France Greece Hungary India Ireland Italy Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Moldova Malta Mauritius…
A new Double Taxation Agreement has been added to the wide network of Double Taxation Treaties that Cyprus already has with a large number of countries. Following its emergence as an independent state, Slovenia adopted the double taxation agreement dated 29 June 1985 between the former Yugoslavia and Cyprus. A new double taxation agreement has…
An Agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and the Kingdom of Denmark for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income, was signed on 11.10.2010 in Copenhagen. The document was signed by Cyprus’s Ambassador to Denmark, George C. Kasoulides, and Denmark’s Tax Minister, Troels Lund Poulsen…
The Central Bank of Cyprus announced that as of the 01.03.2011 the duration of the validity cheques issued will be reduced from the current 6 months to 3 months as of the date of the issue of the cheque. This decision affects cheques issued as of the 01.03.2011 and applies equally to government issued cheques…
Insolvency: Liquidation of a Cyprus Company The legislation and procedure relating to winding up of legal entities is set out in the Companies Law, Cap.113 (the “Law”). Under section 203 of the Law the two main types of winding up procedure are voluntary liquidation and liquidation by the court. A. Voluntary Liquidation A Cyprus company…
In the case of Jivraj v Hashwani ([2010( EWCA Civ 712), the U.K. Court of Appeal held that an arbitration agreement which provided that only persons of a certain religious belief could act as arbitrator was held to be void. The court held that arbitrators fall within the scope of English anti-discrimination employment legislation in…