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Cyprus Company Formation: Double-tax treaties with Cyprus
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The following countries are among those which have double-tax treaties with Cyprus, although not all have been ratified at the time of writing:
Armenia Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada China CIS (ex-USSR) Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Federal Rep. of Germany Finland France Greece Hungary India Ireland Italy | Japan Kuwait Malta Mauritius Norway Poland Romania Russia Singapore Slovakia South Africa Sweden Syria Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom United States Serbia and Montenegro |
The Russian treaty signed in December 1998 replaced the USSR (CIS) treaty as regards Russia but not as regards the other member states of the CIS, who remained bound by the old treaty. The differences are relatively minor.
A tax-sparing provision has the effect that if tax is ‘spared’ ie exempted in Cyprus, then it is credited against an investor’s tax liability in his home country (the treaty counterpart) as if it had actually been paid in Cyprus. At the time of writing, there are tax-sparing provisions in the treaties with the following countries:
Canada Czech Republic Denmark Federal Republic of Germany Greece India Ireland Italy | Malta Romania Slovakia Sweden Syria United Kingdom Yugoslavia |