Articles

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.

A desk by a window with a laptop and sorted paperwork in calm daylightEU trade

VIES 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
4 min read
A laptop on a desk by a window with daylight and a plantVAT

VAT 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
5 min read
Shops along the seafront promenade in Larnaca, Cyprus, in bright daylightVAT

VAT 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
7 min read
A bright office with several desks, seen in daylightDeadlines

Cyprus 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
9 min read
Hands holding documents next to a calculator and laptop on a deskComparison

Which 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
7 min read
A laptop, coffee cup, phone and glasses on a light desk, seen from abovePayroll

Payroll 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
5 min read
Pale stone columns of a public building in daylightReform

The 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
8 min read
A printer with blank paper in a bright officeInvoicing

What 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
10 min read
A woman working at a laptop at a desk with plants and a bookshelfSelf-employed

Self-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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
8 min read
Hands working through documents with a pen at a deskCompany formation

Registering 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
7 min read
Moving boxes and a suitcase in a bright, empty roomResidence

The 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
8 min read
A forklift moving shipping containers in a port in daylightEU trade

The 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
16 min read
A coastal street in Larnaca, Cyprus, under a clear skyTax

Tax 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
7 min read
An empty balcony overlooking the sea under a clear skyTax

Non-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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
7 min read
Blue ring binders labelled by year, arranged side by side on a shelfAnnual accounts

Annual 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.

Alexander VolkhineAuthor ·
5 min read

Accounting that knows these deadlines

Volk Accountant keeps invoices, receipts and VAT for Cyprus companies in one place.

Try 14 days free