Cyprus deadlines and duties, explained plainly.
Every article answers the question first and explains it afterwards — with sources from the Cypriot authorities and a visible review date.
EU tradeVIES return in Cyprus: who files, when, and how
Everything a Cyprus company needs about the monthly recapitulative statement: the deadline, nil returns, penalties, and how it differs from the quarterly VAT return.
VATVAT return in Cyprus: periods, the 10th, and what late costs
Your quarter ends are assigned when you register, the return and the payment share one deadline, and a late return costs a fixed charge before any interest. Here is the whole mechanism.
VATVAT registration in Cyprus: the thresholds and the five rates
One threshold decides whether you must register, but four others catch businesses that are nowhere near it. And Cyprus has five VAT rates, not the three most guides list.
DeadlinesCyprus tax deadlines: every filing a company owes, and when
A Cyprus company owes filings in three rhythms — monthly, quarterly and once a year — to three different authorities through four different portals. Here is the whole map, with what the 2026 reform changed.
ComparisonWhich accounting software is best for Cyprus?
There is no single best one. There is one that fits your case — and the question that decides it is not the price.
PayrollPayroll in Cyprus: contributions, caps and monthly deadlines
Gross salary is only part of the cost. Six separate contributions sit on top of it, three of them capped and one deliberately not — and they are due to two different authorities through two different portals.
ReformThe Cyprus tax reform: what changed on 1 January 2026
Six amending laws, gazetted on 31 December 2025 and in force since the next morning. If you are working from a 2025 guide, at least eight things in it are now wrong.
InvoicingWhat has to be on a Cyprus invoice
The mandatory fields are not in the VAT Law — they are in a regulation from 2001. Read it closely and two things that every guide claims turn out not to be required at all.
Self-employedSelf-Employed in Cyprus: Contributions, Tax and Deadlines
Anyone working for themselves in Cyprus pays contributions not on what they earned, but on an amount the law assigns to their occupation. That is the rule that surprises people most.
Company formationRegistering a Company in Cyprus: Fees, Deadlines and What Follows
Almost everything written about the cost of forming a Cyprus company comes from people who sell company formation. This page separates the official fees from the professional ones.
ResidenceThe Yellow Slip in Cyprus: Deadlines, Fee and What It Is Not
Three months, four months, no expiry date: three figures that get mixed up constantly. And it does not make you tax resident, however often that is claimed.
EU tradeThe EORI Number in Cyprus: Applying, Cost and What Changed in 2026
Anyone moving goods across the EU's external border needs an EORI number. It costs nothing — but the rules behind it changed fundamentally on 1 July 2026.
TaxTax Residency in Cyprus: 183 Days, 60 Days and Companies
Two routes lead an individual to Cyprus tax residency, and one of them got easier in 2026. For companies, the statute says something different from what you will read almost everywhere.
TaxNon-Dom in Cyprus: What the Status Gives You and What It Does Not
Non-dom is sold as "0% on dividends". The status is real and substantial, but that figure is wrong: one contribution always remains, and it sits in a different statute.
Annual accountsAnnual Accounts in Cyprus: Who Is Audited and Who Only Needs a Review
Cyprus has no audit exemption for small companies. It has a substitute, a lighter engagement — and a definition of turnover that routinely pushes holding companies back out of it.
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