🇨🇾Country tax guide
Digital Nomad Taxes in Cyprus
Tax residency rules, rates, and what digital nomads need to know about working remotely in Cyprus.
Quick Facts
- Tax residency trigger
- 183 days (or 60-day rule)
- Tax year
- Calendar year (Jan 1 – Dec 31)
- Income tax range
- 0% – 35%
- Special regime
- Non-dom: 0% SDC for 17 years
- Digital nomad visa
- Yes (no tax provisions)
Residency
When Do You Become Tax Resident?
Cyprus decides tax residency by counting days in the calendar year, and it gives you two routes in. The classic route is spending more than 183 days in Cyprus, with no other conditions attached.
The faster route — the 60-day rule — makes you resident with as few as 60 days, provided you don't spend more than 183 days in any other single country, you work, do business, or hold a directorship in a Cyprus company through year-end, and you keep a permanent home on the island, owned or rented.
Since the January 2026 reform, being claimed as a tax resident by another country no longer disqualifies you from the 60-day rule; any overlap is settled by treaty tie-breakers. Once resident, you're taxed on worldwide income — though the first €22,000 is tax-free from 2026.
The day count
The 183-Day Rule in Cyprus
The 183-day rule is Cyprus's simplest residency test: spend more than 183 days there in a calendar year and you are tax resident, full stop. Counting follows a friendly convention — your arrival day counts as a day in Cyprus, your departure day counts as a day out, and arriving and departing on the same day counts as one day in.
Cyprus is unusual in also offering the 60-day alternative: at least 60 days on the island, no more than 183 days in any other single country, a continuing Cyprus employment, business, or directorship, and a permanent home there.
Either route leads to the same place — full Cyprus tax residency and worldwide taxation, with the generous non-dom exemptions available on top.
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What you'll pay
Tax Rates
| Income Bracket | Rate |
|---|---|
| Up to €22,000 | 0% |
| €22,001 – €32,000 | 20% |
| €32,001 – €42,000 | 25% |
| €42,001 – €72,000 | 30% |
| Over €72,000 | 35% |
2026 scale, enacted December 2025 (the old 0% band ended at €19,500). On top: GHS health contributions of 2.65% (capped at €180,000 of income) apply even to non-doms; Cyprus-domiciled residents also pay SDC on dividends (5% from 2026) and interest — non-doms pay 0% SDC.
Treaty relief
Double Taxation Treaties
Cyprus has roughly 68 double tax treaties in force (as of July 2026), including the UK, most of the EU, and much of the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Treaty tie-breakers matter more from 2026: the 60-day rule no longer requires you to be non-resident everywhere else, so dual-residence conflicts are resolved through the treaties' OECD-model tests rather than blocked upfront.
For nomads
Digital Nomad Visa & Tax
Cyprus's Digital Nomad Visa lets non-EU remote workers live on the island while working exclusively for employers or clients abroad — but the visa is an immigration permit, not a tax status. Your tax position follows the ordinary rules: stay over 183 days in a calendar year and you become Cyprus tax resident on worldwide income.
The 60-day shortcut to residency is usually out of reach for visa holders, because it requires employment or business carried on in Cyprus — exactly what the nomad visa prohibits.
The upside is substantial once you are resident: as a non-domiciled resident you pay zero Cypriot tax on dividends and interest for 17 years, with only a capped 2.65% health-system contribution on that income. Non-residents, by contrast, are taxed only on Cyprus-source income.
Watch out
Common Mistakes
Trying to use the 60-day rule on a nomad visa
The 60-day route requires carrying on employment, business, or a directorship in Cyprus — the nomad visa requires working exclusively for foreign employers, so the condition can't normally be met.
Missing the non-dom opportunity
Resident non-doms pay 0% SDC on dividends and interest for 17 years, with no application fee for the standard regime. For investor-nomads this can matter far more than the income tax scale.
Using pre-2026 brackets
The December 2025 reform moved the tax-free band from €19,500 to €22,000 and rewrote every bracket. Figures from the earlier 2025 proposal (€20,500) were never enacted either.
Forgetting GHS applies to non-doms
Non-dom status removes SDC, not GHS: the 2.65% health contribution still applies to dividends, interest, and rents, capped at €180,000 of annual income.
Tax disclaimer: This is general information, not tax advice. Tax laws change frequently and may be interpreted differently by local authorities. Always consult a qualified tax professional before making decisions based on this content.
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