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Editorial scope · audited 23 October 2026
Purpose: This page is an initial Cyprus setup and compliance overview for Consultancies businesses. It identifies structural, operational and regulatory questions for a scoped professional review.
Method: The overview separates company setup, operating substance, recurring compliance and sector-specific questions. It does not test a licence perimeter, tax eligibility or a specific business model.
Limitations: Sector regulation, tax treatment, licensing, banking and market-access statements require qualified review against the current activities, customers and jurisdictions before implementation.
Consulting income, advisory retainers, and project fees received by a Cyprus company are taxed at 15% CIT — dramatically lower than personal income tax rates in most European countries.
If your consultancy develops proprietary software, frameworks, or analytics tools used in client delivery, qualifying income may attract the approximately 3% IP Box rate.
Consultants who establish Cyprus non-dom tax residency extract profits via dividends at 0% SDC — a highly efficient extraction mechanism for high-earning professionals.
A Cyprus management company can provide services to clients globally. With appropriate economic substance, management and consulting income qualifies for the 15% CIT rate.
Non-EU individuals taking Cyprus employment at over €55,000 salary may qualify for a 50% income tax exemption for up to 17 years — useful where drawing a salary alongside dividends.
A single Cyprus Ltd is all most consultants need. Minimal share capital, remote formation, and straightforward annual compliance at a low fixed cost.
Form a management company with objects covering consulting, advisory and IP licensing. Remote coordination and timing depend on the file.
Open a Cyprus corporate bank account and put management and control arrangements in place — key for supporting tax residency claims.
If you have proprietary tools, methodologies, or software, structure their ownership within the Cyprus company to access the IP Box regime.
Annual audited accounts, CIT return, VAT (if applicable), and personal tax return if you are Cyprus tax-resident. Fixed-cost packages available.
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