Legal disclaimer

What we do, and what we do not

We sell a defined piece of document work at a stated price. Company formation, for example, starts from €1,200 with 7–15 working days for our part. Indicative prices; the final quote depends on your case. Government fees are paid separately at cost and are listed with their source on each service page.

Outside that scope we do not work. In particular, we do not:

• write a legal or tax opinion on your structure, residence or family situation;
• tell you which of several lawful routes is best for you in tax terms;
• represent you in court, in an appeal or in a dispute with a Cypriot authority;
• check whether a contract, a property title or a transaction abroad is valid.

If your question is one of these, you need a licensed advocate or a tax adviser who takes responsibility for advice on your file. We say so in our first reply, before any quote. We usually reply within one business day.

Every figure is dated, and the law moves

A figure on this site is true as published on its check date, not on the day you read it. Corporate income tax shows why: the tax reform in force from 1 January 2026 moved the rate to 15%, and the record now carries the check date 25 September 2026. Our list of dated changes for Cyprus holds 12 entries, starting from 1 November 2020.

When a figure matters to a decision you are about to take, compare its check date with today and open the source listed next to it. The version published by the authority always prevails over our summary dated 25 September 2026. How we choose and rank sources is set out in our editorial policy.

Where Cyprus law requires a lawyer

Cyprus law requires the HE1 declaration to be certified by a Cyprus-registered lawyer; we arrange this as part of the service.

The HE1 is the statutory declaration filed with a new company’s incorporation documents, according to the Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (checked 25 September 2026). Founders can register without travelling to Cyprus: remote registration is “Yes” in our dataset. The Registrar’s incorporation fee of €165 is paid at cost on top of our price.

The certification covers the HE1 and nothing else. It does not include an opinion on your shareholding, your tax residence or the structure of your group, and it does not change the scope of what we do for you.

Authorities and banks decide, not us

We control the quality and timing of our own part. The outcome and its timing belong to the body that receives the file. The Registrar’s registration time is 10 days (checked 25 September 2026), and that period starts once the Registrar accepts a complete application.

• Department of Registrar of Companies: company names, incorporation, annual returns.
• Tax Department: tax identification, VAT registration, tax residency and non-dom status.
• Migration Department: residence permits, work permits and permanent residence.
• CySEC: investment firm and crypto-asset licences; the MiCA transitional period for crypto-asset services ended on 1 July 2026.
• Banks: each bank makes its own onboarding decision under its own risk rules and the Central Bank of Cyprus guidance on shell companies.

Banking is where outcomes vary most. Opening an account for a company with non-resident owners is rated “difficult” in our dataset (checked 25 September 2026, based on GK Law Firm (secondary source)). Our bank account package covers 10–30 working days of preparation and follow-up from €800; it does not buy a yes from the bank.

Links to government and third-party sites

Our Cyprus pages rely on 54 listed sources, and 13 of them are secondary publications, marked “secondary source” wherever they appear. We link to them so you can check a figure yourself.

We do not control those sites. A department may move or rewrite a page after our check on 25 September 2026, and a professional firm’s article reflects that firm’s reading of the law. If a linked page no longer matches our figure, tell us and we recheck it against the primary source.

Who should not rely on this site alone

Our pages state the general rule as it stood on 25 September 2026. They will not tell you how a rule applies to facts only you know, for example:

• whether your travel pattern meets the tax residency test of 60 days in Cyprus, which also caps time in any other state at 183 days;
• how the deemed domicile rule for non-dom status, set at 17 years of Cyprus residence, applies to your own history;
• whether a group structure or a transfer of shares triggers tax outside Cyprus;
• what to do after a refusal, a tax assessment or a deadline set by an authority.

In these cases, get advice from a licensed professional first. Once the route is settled, we prepare and file what it requires: tax residency and non-dom registration, for example, starts from €500 with 10–20 working days for our part.

Questions about this disclaimer

Write to [email protected] with the page and the statement you want clarified. We usually reply within one business day. Our reply explains what a page says and where the figure comes from; it is not an opinion on your case.