Will Cyprus ND make a non-Cyprus company tax liable in Cyprus?

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In summary your company would be fully exposed to tax in Cyprus with the ND.
 
It would probably depend on how they see the nominee director. Is he really managing and controlling the company?
Tax authorities hit you with a bill, and then it's up to you to prove them otherwise.
It's not like they send you an inquiry and kindly wait for your answer for a few months and then decide based on the evidence.
You have an automated exchange of information and public registers. Based on publicly available information, it's easy to make conclusions.
 
Exactly. That's why we need the only correct answer. The fact that many of the regulations now are not enforced doesn't make you sleep safe.
 
There is never a one correct answer. It is a matter of interpetation and therefore a matter of understanding and securing risks correctly. Its who you are facing not what you are facing.
If I were a Cypriot resident, I would write a letter to the tax office and if their answer coincides with the lawyer's answer, that's a 100% true answer for me.
 
There is never a one correct answer. It is a matter of interpetation and therefore a matter of understanding and securing risks correctly. Its who you are facing not what you are facing.
Its also about who you are - whether your annual revenue and profit is 6 digit or 8 digits makes a big difference, as your often facing somebody who plans its activities taking into account the expected costs and returns.
 
If I were a Cypriot resident, I would write a letter to the tax office and if their answer coincides with the lawyer's answer, that's a 100% true answer for me.
I would never do this and for me it's suicidal because, first, if things are subjective, they will always take their point of view and second, you will have exposed yourself forever so you wan't be able to do obscure things in the future.

Many things in practice just work, regardless of how scary sounds the written law. For example, the PE, many people on this forum are paranoid about when talking even about home office/crypto trading - I am yet to find a lawyer to tell me you will have issues if you don't declare it. Depends on the country as well I guess, I wouldn't do that in Spain for example, but just saying.

They are helping you too while they take 4 month for a simple task to register a Gibraltar company? Is the failure on your end?
But but but sir, why are you so short-tempered?

There was even no need to write the whole second part of your message.

I think my confusion came from the bad (yes, I claim it to be bad) wording of PWC: non-Cyprus tax resident company instead of non-resident company in Cyprus. It sounds like a company which is tax-resident of Cyprus, but is not incorporated there. And not like a non-resident one.

Because exceptions like this exist, for example in the Philipines. There, a foreign company, even if resident, pays tax only on local income. While Filipino company pays tax on a worldwide income. I assumed it was something like this in Cyprus as well.

Thank you for your post.
 
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I would never do this and for me it's suicidal because, first, if things are subjective, they will always take their point of view and second, you will have exposed yourself forever so you wan't be able to do obscure things in the future.
Even though they sometimes look like the mafia, they are ordinary employees and they obey the laws. It doesn't make sense for them to send an inspector in a helicopter after you, otherwise they will scare everybody off the island. As for obscurity, just ask yourself, what if they find out?
 
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