An Ideal Place For Direct Investment

I. INTRODUCTION

Cyprus is an ideal place for direct investments, because of inter alia, its strategic position, its excellent infrastructure, its favourable tax regime, its well trained labour, as well as the existence of a wide network of tax treaties, with almost all major countries.

All investment activities are appropriate for the Cyprus tax environment, including inter alia:

• Holding companies;
• Finance companies;
• Trading companies;
• Royalty companies; and
• Investment Funds

II. WHY CYPRUS?

The advantages of using Cyprus are inter alia:

• Low taxation (i.e. the lowest rate in the EU).
• Extensive double tax treaties network.
• Exemption of capital gains on shares and securities.