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Tax, law and invoicing in the trades — Cyprus

5 posts for this country. We write our own posts per country instead of translations — the source and the date it was checked sit under every one.

  • The quote editor with the priced lines of a boiler replacement — wall tiling by the square metre, installation hours, a thermostatic valve and a circulation pump — and at the right the summary with the net total, the tax line headed ΦΠΑ at the standard rate, the gross total and the amount payable.
    Zirko Redaktion8 min read

    Cyprus VAT registration: 15,600 euro, and 30 days

    Cyprus has the lowest VAT registration threshold of the countries compared here. A one-man trade business reaches it in its first year, and the second test looks forward.

  • The outgoing documents list: columns for number, document type, recipient, date, due date, gross amount and outstanding balance in euro, with quotes and invoices side by side, an interim invoice among them, and status pills reading Draft, Issued, Open, Overdue and Paid.
    Zirko Redaktion9 min read

    Pro forma invoice in Cyprus: asking for money, not tax

    A tax invoice makes the VAT due whether or not the customer pays. A pro forma does not — but only if it is genuinely not an invoice, and the fourteen-day rule decides the rest.

  • The preview of a Cypriot invoice as the customer receives it: the firm's logo and address at the top right, the recipient's address on the left, below them the invoice number, subject, project and date, a table of lines with quantity, unit, description and price in euro, then the net total, a tax line headed ΦΠΑ at the standard rate, the gross total, and the payment terms at the foot.
    Zirko Redaktion8 min read

    The VAT number in Cyprus decides the rate on your invoice

    Whether a Cypriot building job carries 5 %, 19 % or no VAT at all is settled by the customer's registration, not by the work. The number is the cheapest thing you will ever ask for.

  • Zirko Redaktion8 min read

    Cyprus VAT on renovation: 5% or 19%, and what changed in 2026

    Renovation and repair of an old private dwelling carries the reduced VAT rate of 5% in Cyprus instead of the standard 19%. Since 1 September 2026 the test for old has two limbs.

  • Zirko Redaktion7 min read

    Cyprus VAT reverse charge in construction: Article 11B

    For construction, repair or maintenance of a building supplied to a VAT-registered customer in Cyprus, the customer accounts for the VAT and the subcontractor charges none.