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Capital gains tax

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is imposed at the rate of 20% on companies and individuals on gains arising from the disposal of immovable property situated in the Republic of Cyprus including gains from the disposal of shares in companies which own immovable property with the exemption of companies whose shares are listed in any recognised stock exchange.

Lifetime exemptions for individuals

Note

Disposal of private residence

85.430,07

1 & 2

Disposal of agricultural land by a farmer

25.629,02

2

Any other immovable property

17.086,01

2

Other exemptions
Transfers arising on death
Gifts made between husband and wife
Gifts made from parent to child
Gifts made to relatives up to third degree
Gifts to approved charitable institutions
Gifts to the Republic of Cyprus
Gifts to local authorities for educational or other charitable purposes
Transfers as a result of re-organisations
Expropriations under the Compulsory Acquisition Law
Exchange or disposal of immovable property under the Agricultural Land (Consolidation) Laws

Gifts to a company where the company’s shareholders are members of the donor’s family and the shareholders continue to be members of the family for five years after the day of the transfer.

Gifts by a family company, of which all its shareholders are members of the same family, provided that the property was originally acquired by way of a gift. In the case of subsequent disposal the donee can use his lifetime exemption if the property is kept for at least three years.

Exchange of properties where the values are equal or provided that the whole of the gain made on the exchange has been used to acquire the other property. The gain that is not taxable is deducted from the cost of the new property and the payment of CGT is deferred until the disposal of the new property.

Indexation allowance: applies on the market value of the immovable property since 1st January 1980

Expenses incurred wholly and exclusively for the production of the gain, except for the Immovable Property tax, Immovable Property Levies and Sewage Board Levies


Notes:
1. It must have been the private dwellings for a least 5 years prior to its disposal
2. Deductions based on any combination of the above are subject to a maximum amount of €85.430,07

Example of CGT computation

The liability arises after you deducted from your proceeds the cost of the immovable property which is the market value at 1st January 1980, or the costs of acquisition and improvements of the property made after 1980 as adjusted for inflation up to the date of disposal on the basis of the consumer price index.

Sale price 30/4/2006

75.000

Less:
Cost 1/1/1990
Indexation allowance

(36.000)
(27.521)
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Capital Gain

11.479

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CGT liability at the rate of 20%

€2.295,80

RETAIL PRICE INDEX
(For Capital Gains Tax purposes)
Base 2005 = 100 (Monthly index)

YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AYG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

1.1.80

34.96

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1980

35.40

35.68

35.99

37.23

36.74

36.81

37.54

37.57

38.22

38.53

38.79

39.16

1981

39.62

39.95

40.32

40.61

40.62

41.01

41.50

41.76

41.98

42.33

42.95

43.20

1982

43.18

43.58

43.46

44.05

43.95

43.63

43.44

43.73

44.19

44.38

44.94

45.19

1983

45.59

45.66

46.08

46.66

46.31

45.69

45.70

46.08

46.17

46.64

46.80

47.06

1984

47.46

47.78

48.06

48.38

48.80

48.86

49.21

49.15

49.01

49.63

50.41

50.90

1985

50.85

50.89

51.31

51.44

51.31

50.84

50.60

51.42

52.11

52.65

51.92

51.85

1986

52.18

52.13

52.24

51.83

51.25

51.21

51.75

51.73

51.71

52.40

53.06

53.31

1987

52.76

52.63

53.23

53.04

53.41

53.88

53.10

53.82

53.91

53.71

54.16

54.53

1988

54.47

54.89

55.22

55.79

55.22

54.73

54.35

54.71

55.35

55.97

56.71

56.82

1989

57.46

57.17

57.28

57.47

56.87

56.66

56.88

57.02

57.39

58.43

58.44

58.42

1990

58.21

58.75

59.37

60.25

60.50

60.04

59.50

59.93

60.12

60.80

61.00

61.80

1991

62.18

61.69

62.18

62.65

63.08

62.44

62.63

61.71

62.87

64.54

64.77

65.83

1992

66.60

65.68

66.52

67.57

66.50

66.20

66.61

66.21

67.05

67.91

68.78

70.11

1993

70.43

68.69

69.08

70.57

69.80

69.64

70.17

69.54

70.48

71.95

72.49

72.32

1994

72.12

70.44

72.18

72.89

73.01

73.48

73.77

72.64

75.11

76.48

76.32

76.09

1995

75.34

73.46

74.92

75.47

75.49

75.49

75.83

74.62

75.49

76.82

77.38

77.33

1996

77.22

75.37

77.37

77.70

77.94

77.88

78.13

77.11

78.43

79.12

79.17

79.27

1997

79.27

78.05

80.21

80.94

80.33

80.28

81.21

79.89

81.15

82.09

82.61

82.37

1998

80.84

80.73

81.24

82.23

82.37

82.71

82.32

82.86

84.17

83.86

83.49

83.15

1999

82.80

81.66

82.96

83.19

83.42

83.54

83.78

82.99

84.72

85.42

85.65

85.99

2000

86.17

85.18

86.80

87.16

87.50

87.04

87.01

86.81

87.88

88.41

88.87

88.99

2001

87.41

87.23

88.05

88.68

88.98

89.65

87.89

88.38

89.68

90.81

90.64

91.10

2002

89.77

89.58

90.13

91.03

91.08

98.07

90.81

91.71

92.74

93.09

93.23

93.78

2003

93.45

93.55

95.51

96.11

95.73

95.15

93.84

94.41

96.11

96.89

97.01

96.12

2004

95.14

95.29

95.90

96.57

97.16

97.82

96.94

97.43

98.39

99.35

99.91

100.15

2005

98.29

98.03

98.62

99.70

99.62

99.85

98.36

99.00

100.84

102.38

102.96

102.33

2006

100.50

100.62

101.81

102.65

102.74

102.87

101.53

102.07

103.24

103.84

104.06

104.00

2007

102.15

102.08

103.33

104.47

105.00

104.78

104.00

104.59

105.96

106.95

107.73

108.07

2008

106.58

107.11

108.19

109.30

110.59

110.51

109.85

110.24

111.61

112.55

111.43

110.34

2009

107.76

107.82

109.36

110.07

110.89

110.74

108.97

109.15

110.24

111.70

111.43

110.34

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