Cyprus tax lawyers

Our tax team advises individuals and companies on how Cyprus tax applies to them. We handle the filings and the correspondence with the Tax Department that follow.

We act for people relocating to Cyprus, for companies setting up or restructuring here, and for clients who have received an assessment they want to challenge.

For the rules themselves, rates, bands and what changed in the 2026 reform, read our guide to the Cyprus tax system.

Advice for individuals

Most individual work starts with residency. We assess whether you meet the 183-day test or the 60-day test, what that means for your worldwide income, and whether non-domiciled status is open to you.

From there we handle registration with the Tax Department, the annual return, and the treatment of foreign pensions, rental income and capital gains on Cyprus property.

Where the 60-day rule is the route, the details decide the outcome. The day count, the permanent home and the economic tie all have to hold for the full tax year, so we plan them with clients before the year begins rather than reconstructing them after it ends.

Clients relocating from abroad usually want two questions answered before they move. What their Cyprus tax bill would look like, and how it interacts with tax in the country they are leaving. We work through both, including the double tax treaty position.

Advice for companies

For companies, we advise on tax residency and substance, and on the effect of the incorporation test that applies from the 2026 tax year.

We cover group structuring and the reliefs a Cyprus company can claim, including the IP Box regime and the notional interest deduction.

On the compliance side, we prepare and file the annual return, work alongside your auditors on the financial statements that support it, deal with provisional tax, and manage VAT registration and returns. The reform moved several filing deadlines, so we track what falls due for you and when.

When a company is being redomiciled to Cyprus or unwinding a structure, we handle the tax side alongside our corporate team.

Tax disputes and Tax Department dealings

We represent clients in objections to assessments, audits, and information requests, and in negotiations over penalties and the settlement of arrears.

The 2026 reform gave the Tax Department stronger enforcement powers, from higher administrative fines to the sealing of business premises in serious cases. Early engagement keeps most matters at the correspondence stage.

Time limits for objecting are short. It is worth taking advice as soon as an assessment lands rather than after the deadline has passed.

Tax certificates and confirmations

We obtain tax residency certificates, non-domicile confirmations and tax clearance certificates, and deal with the supporting evidence the Tax Department asks for.

Banks and foreign tax authorities routinely request these. Applications are often refused on documentation rather than on substance.

Working with us

The first consultation is free and is used to establish what you actually need.

After that we quote a fixed fee for the work agreed, whether that is a return, a certificate application, an advisory opinion or a dispute. You will have the fee and its scope in writing before we start.

If a matter grows beyond the agreed scope, we tell you first and agree a new fixed fee before continuing. No work is billed unless you have signed off on it.