News

October 07, 2020

Cayman Islands and Oman were removed from the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions, Barbados and Anguilla were added in their place.

September 16, 2020

The Law Regulating Companies Providing Administrative Services and Related Matters of 2012 (the Law) has been further amended on 17/08/2020.

August 14, 2020

On August 10, as part of the negotiations, Cyprus agreed to new conditions that provide for withholding tax at the sources of payment at the rate of 15% for dividends and interest paid from the Russian Federation.

August 10, 2020

At the beginning of the pandemic, the Organization for economic cooperation and development recommended that countries change their legislation so that isolation does not affect tax residency.

July 14, 2020

The CRS requires countries and jurisdictions to exchange information about non-residents' financial accounts received from their financial institutions annually, which reduces the probability of tax evasion in offshore zones.

July 10, 2020

From March 1, 2020, contributions to the Fund of the state health insurance system of Cyprus GESY were supposed to grow as part of the second stage of the reform of this system.

June 26, 2020

On June 16, 2020 the Cyprus Government Gazette published amendments to the Cyprus Income Tax Law (ITL) (Law 66 (I)/2020) concerning the rules for deducting conditional interest (notional interest deduction – NID).

June 10, 2020

In Cyprus, the process of gradual lifting of restrictive measures began in May. But Cyprus Government maintains and extends measures to support businesses and citizens.

May 21, 2020

The Commission has published a comprehensive Action Plan on its official website, which sets out concrete measures on combating money laundering and terrorist financing.

May 18, 2020

In 2020, the deadlines for submitting financial statements in accordance with CRS and FATCA standards has changed.

May 08, 2020

The financial regulatory agency of Cyprus (CySec) has changed some due date obligations for issuers, providers and funds: The due date for the obligation of issuers to publicise the annual financial statements for 2019, is postponed for the 30 of June 2020. The due date for [...]

April 30, 2020

Currently, when most of us work remotely, we would like to inform you once again that all specialists of Korpus Prava remain in touch.

April 15, 2020

Taking into account the current situation, our clients have a lot of different issues that require professional consulting support on-line.

April 13, 2020

Currently, when most of us work remotely, we would like to inform you once again that all specialists of Korpus Prava remain in touch.

March 17, 2020

The Russian government has approved the concept of developing a tax monitoring system.

March 03, 2020

On March 1, 2020, the President of the Russian Federation signed the Federal law "On Antimonopoly compliance", which provides for amendments to law No. 135-FZ "On protection of competition".

February 17, 2020

OECD released public consultation document that is based upon the mandate set out in the BEPS Action 13 report, and focuses on issues concerning the use of CbC reports by tax administrations for the purposes of a high level transfer pricing risk assessment. The public consultation document [...]

January 24, 2020

At the end of 2019 Cyprus municipalities introduced a new tax for Cyprus companies called Professional Tax.

December 18, 2019

As we reported earlier, the Cyprus Registrar of Companies has introduced new penalties for the late submission of the Company Annual Return (HE32), effective from the 18th of December 2019. Please note that the deadline for submission of Company Annual Return (HE32) was extended until A [...]

December 04, 2019

Last week in Cyprus was held a seminar "Cyprus today: is the harbor safe in an era of global economic climate change".

December 03, 2019

December 3 is the lawyer's day in Russia. Congratulations to our colleagues on their professional holiday!

November 28, 2019

As of 18/12/2019, further penalties shall apply with regards to the submission of the following Notices to the Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver: Notice of change of Registered Address (HE 2): Every submission beyond the time-frame prescribed by t [...]

May 15, 2019

On Tuesday, May 14 was the 2nd and final day of the investment Congress BEST INVEST 2019, dedicated to investment issues, and also to Russian-Cyprus cooperation. On May 13, a seminar on the problems and opportunities of doing business in Cyprus and Russia was held within the framework of th [...]

April 23, 2019

In 2019 Korpus Prava was recognized as a Leading Law Firm in the field of International Tax Planning in Russia.

March 04, 2019

Korpus Prava has become a winner at the category - Corporate Law Firm of the Year in Russia.

February 24, 2019

The Cyprus Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver (ROC) announced amendments to the Cyprus Company Law.