I would like to know the maintenance costs of a Cyprus company on a yearly basis. How much cost the audit, the virtual office, the secretary...?
thank you.
This will depend upon how active the company is and how much work is involved in the accounting and audit function. It is impossible to say without more information.
Multiple accounting companies told me it would cost 1,200 EUR annually for mandatory audit + like 2,000 EUR for accounting. And thats for 50 transactions a year 😵
It does not include any gov fees + virtual office which, in my opinion, is crazy unless you are running 1m EUR/y business.
Looking for a setup max $3k, up to $2k / year maintenance, up to 15% total tax on receiving royalties from Europe for the use of the software (IP). Banking should be able to fit in $200k/year income.
€2.200 company renewal (nominees, registered address, secretary and government fee included)
~ €2.000 accounting and auditing (5-10 invoices/month)
~ €1.000 vat returns and vies
€600 bank account maintenance (€50/month)
Comes down to about 5-6k/year, plus 13.75% tax (12.5% tax + extra 1%)
It's not that expensive compared to what setup get, that's at least what I considered. I have been looking into many setups and even though many seem to fight against, then Cyprus still has been the savest country to operate in for me for years.
As far as I know, it's a "penalty for not doing accounting/auditing" every 6 months. I would like some more input on this if someone else has more info.
That is a complete BS. There is no such thing in Cyprus, someone is trying to rip you off. My Cyprus lawyer is not charging for VAT/VIES return for example, it is free ... I think realistic annual maintenance of CY company is some EUR 3500, depending on the amount of work accountants have + bank fees for account maintenance.
Cyprus is ok if you want a clear EU setup with EU banking. But it's still an expensive setup, you pay a half simply for nothing. I'm afraid to imagine what the cost will be for a regular trading company with 100 invoices monthly.
Cypriot company must correctly estimate expected annual income and pay tax in advance for it. As︀ a rule, accountants are too lazy to do this and 1% is a fine for︁ not doing this estimation. Simply this is a regular hidden tax.