Israeli Court Rules IP Value is Six Times Higher than Claimed Executive Summary The Tel Aviv District Court ruled in favor of the Israeli Tax Authorities (ITA), who claimed that the intellectual property (IP) which CA Software Israel Ltd. sold back in 2010 was worth ILS667m (rather than ILS111m [...]
New income tax exemptions for employment income circular Further to our previous post, the Cypriot Income Tax Law was amended for certain income tax exemptions with respect to employment income. The amended law was voted in the context of the Government’s strategy to attract and retain foreign talent to Cyprus. [...]
Taxes in relation to property in Cyprus In Cyprus, there are several taxes that may be applicable to the purchase of real estate. These taxes include transfer fees, stamp duty, value-added tax (VAT), and capital gains tax (CGT). Transfer Fees - Payable by the buyer When a property is [...]
New income tax exemptions for employment income On 26 July 2022, The Cypriot Income Tax Law was amended for certain income tax exemptions with respect to employment income. The amended law was voted in the context of the Government’s strategy to attract and retain foreign talent to Cyprus. Existing income [...]
Increased tax deduction for Research and Development expenses On 7 July 2022, Article 9(1)(d) of the Cyprus Income Tax (“IT’’) Law was amended to allow a tax deduction for expenditure incurred for scientific research and Research and Development (“R&D”). The said amendments were gazetted in the official Cyprus Government Gazette [...]
Introduction of Transfer Pricing Regulations in Cyprus In June 2022, the Cyprus Parliament approved amendments to the Income Tax Law that introduced detailed Transfer Pricing (TP) requirements into the country's tax legislation. These provisions, which are in line with the recommendations of the OECD's Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational [...]
Stamp Duty Stamp duty is a tax that is imposed on certain legal documents and transactions in Cyprus. The rate of stamp duty varies depending on the type of document or transaction, and examples include the sale of property, the transfer of shares in a company, and the execution [...]
Payment of 1st provisional tax installment for 2022 We would like to remind you that the payment deadline for the 1st provisional tax installment for the tax year 2022 is the 31st of August 2022. The timely payment of provisional tax can be made through jccsmart.com, the card payment [...]
Introduction of limited assurance review On 9 June 2022, the House of Representatives approved amendments to the Companies Law and to the Assessment and Collection of taxes law (“the laws”). The purpose of the amendments is to simplify the procedure of auditing the Financial Statements of small and medium-sized [...]
Extension to the deadline for the payment of the 2022 annual company levy On 30 June 2022, the deadline for the payment of the 2022 annual company levy was extended from 30 June 2022 to 31 December 2022. Should the annual company levy be paid after 31 December 2022, [...]
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