Cyprus parliament has approved a range of tax amendments. These amendmentds form part of a package of measures to improve the attractiveness of Cyprus to foreign investors and foreign businesses. The government hopes that these changes will maintain Cyprus, as the EU member state with the lowest tax rates, business friendly and open to further…
Cyprus has concluded numerous Double Tax Agreements whilst certain other agreements are pending enforcement. The main purpose of these treaties is the avoidance of double taxation on income earned in any of these countries. Under these agreements, a credit is usually allowed against the tax levied by the country in which the taxpayer resides for…
On the 19th July 2011, Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Luc Frieden conducted an official visit to Cyprus. According to the Luxembourg government Mr Frieden exchanged views with his Cypriot counterpart Charilaos Stavrakis, on recent developments in their respective financial sectors and on European and national legislation in this area. Within this context, Cyprus and Luxembourg agreed…
The Qatar Exchange and the Cyprus Stock Exchange signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 6th of June 2011 . The purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding was to formalize cooperation between the two markets. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Mr. Andre Went, CEO of Qatar Exchange and by Mr Epaminondas Metaxas, CEO…
On the 18.02.2011, the Republic of Cyprus and the Federal Republic of Germany executed an updated agreement for the avoidance of double taxation on income and capital. The new agreement replaces the existing tax agreement of 1974. The agreement was signed in Nicosia, by Cyprus Minister of Finance Charilaos Stavrakis and German AmbassadorGottfried Zeitz. The…
On the 14.01.2011 Cyprus and Armenia signed a protocol of cooperation which provides for the enhancement of their bilateral relations in many fields. The protocol signed in Yerevan after the conclusion of the deliberations of the First Meeting of the Cyprus – Armenia Intergovernmental Committee, which was established on the basis of an economic agreement…
On the 20/12/2010, the European Commission published a Communication which outlined the most serious tax problems encountered by EU citizens during cross-border transactions and announced plans for their resolution. The Communication announced plans covering areas such as cross-border income, inheritance taxes, dividend taxes, car registration taxes and e-Commerce. It proposes to make member states’ tax…
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…
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…
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…