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Move from Brazil to Cyprus, and make it count.

A Cyprus company pays 15% and, with non-dom status, you pay no tax on dividends. Brazil charges nothing to leave. But it lists Cyprus as a low-tax country, so it only accepts your move once you prove more than 183 days here within twelve months.

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What stays yours.

Brazil stacks three charges on company profit, then withholds 10% on dividends from 2026. Move the slider to your own profit.

€200,000
In Brazil
Corporate tax
−€68,000
Tax on dividends
−€13,200
You keep
€118,800
In Cyprus
Corporate tax
−€30,000
Health contribution (GeSY)
−€4,505
You keep
€165,495

More in your pocket+€46,695every year

More in your pocket +€46,695 every year

Brazil: 15% corporate income tax, a 10% surcharge on profit above R$20,000 a month and the 9% social contribution on net profit, together 34%, then the 10% dividend withholding that started in 2026. A resident pays it only when one company pays them more than R$50,000 in a month.

Headline rates for a founder who takes the profit out as dividends and has become Cyprus tax resident with non-dom status. Your own figures will differ. This is an illustration, not tax advice.

What Brazil keeps asking.

Leaving Brazil costs nothing. Proving you've left takes work. Settle these with a Brazilian accountant or tax lawyer before you go.

  • No exit tax

    Brazil charges nothing to leave. Nothing is treated as sold, there's no security to post, and money leaves Brazil freely. The departure return is ordinary income tax for the months you were resident, paid in one go.

  • Sixty days won't convince Brazil

    Brazil lists Cyprus as a low-tax country, so it accepts your move only once you prove more than 183 days in Cyprus within twelve months, or that both your family and most of your assets are there. Cyprus's 60-day rule isn't enough. Plan for the days.

  • File both departure forms

    After you leave for good, file the departure notice by the end of the following February and the departure return (Saída Definitiva) by the April deadline, and pay in one go. Skip them and Brazil taxes your worldwide income for your first twelve months abroad.

  • Your Cyprus company, taxed every year

    While you're still resident in Brazil, Brazil taxes the profit of a Cyprus company you control at 15% every 31 December, paid out or not. Real staff in Cyprus don't change that. So the company should belong to you once you've left, not to your Brazilian company.

  • Keeping the Brazilian company costs more

    The small-business tax regime (Simples Nacional) ends once a partner lives abroad. After you leave, its dividends to you bear 10% from the first real, fees you invoice it 25%, and a sale of your shares 15%, on the full price if you can't prove what you paid.

  • Inheritance tax follows your heirs

    Brazil's states charge inheritance tax of up to 8%. If you die living abroad, it's due to the state where your heirs live. So emigrating takes your estate out of Brazilian inheritance tax only if your family moves too. Cyprus has none.

What Cyprus brings.

One flat rate, dividends free of tax for 17 years with non-dom status, and a company inside the EU.

Corporate tax
15%
One flat rate, with no local surcharges.
Tax on dividends
0%
As a non-dom, for up to 17 years.
Days a year for tax residency
60
Under the 60-day rule, with a home and a business here.
Wealth or inheritance tax
0
Cyprus has neither.
  • As a Brazilian you need the Pink Slip, the temporary residence permit for non-EU citizens, because the Yellow Slip is for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens. We check which route fits you and file it with you, and bring in a lawyer for complex cases.
  • Plan on more than 183 days a year in Cyprus, not 60. That makes you Cyprus resident outright, and it's the proof Brazil asks for.
  • There's no tax treaty, so Brazil's withholding applies in full. The case rests on Cyprus's own rates. For software and IP, the IP Box taxes qualifying profit at 3%.
  • A Cyprus company sits inside the EU single market, with an EU VAT number and euro payments for a brand selling into Europe.

How the move unfolds.

Brazil's deadlines set the pace. The order doesn't change.

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  1. First

    Check your 2025 profits

    A Brazilian adviser checks whether profits earned up to 2025 were approved for payout by 31 December 2025. If so, you can pay them out until 2028 without the new dividend tax. We can recommend an adviser if you need one.

  2. Six months out

    Plan the Brazilian company

    Your adviser prices the end of Simples Nacional and gathers proof of what you paid for your shares. Decide that the Cyprus company will belong to you, not to the Brazilian company.

  3. Month 1We do this

    Form the Cyprus company

    We register it with tax, VAT and VIES, and your books open the day you order. You become its director.

  4. Month 1 to 3We do this

    Apply for your Pink Slip

    As a Brazilian you need the Pink Slip to live in Cyprus. We check which route fits you, prepare the application and file it with you, and bring in a lawyer for complex cases.

  5. Month 1 to 3

    A home, and the day count

    Rent or buy a home in Cyprus and count your days from the first one. Keep flights, the lease and utility bills, because Brazil puts the burden of proof on you.

  6. After you leave

    File the departure forms

    Your adviser tells every Brazilian payer in writing that you've left, files the departure notice by the end of the following February and the return by the April deadline, and pays the tax in one go.

  7. From month 12We do this

    Tax residency and non-dom

    We register your Cyprus tax residency and non-dom status, and keep your day counts in order. That record is the proof Brazil asks for.

The Cyprus side, done for you.

Fixed prices, excl. VAT, agreed before you start. Government fees are charged at cost, on top of our fee, once your application is approved.

What Brazilian founders ask.

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No. Brazil has no exit tax, so nothing is treated as sold and there's no security to post. You file a departure notice and a return for the months you were resident, and pay in one go. Capital gains tax needs an actual sale, and moving abroad isn't one.

Only once you can prove you live in Cyprus. Because Brazil lists Cyprus as a low-tax country, it recognises your move from the date you prove more than 183 days there within twelve months. You also file both departure forms, the notice by the end of the following February and the return by the April deadline, which Brazil often extends. Skip them and Brazil taxes your worldwide income for your first twelve months abroad.

Not all year, but more than half of it. Cyprus's 60-day rule makes you Cyprus resident, but Brazil lists Cyprus as a low-tax country. It accepts your move only once you prove more than 183 days in Cyprus within twelve months, or that both your family home and most of your assets are there. Keep flights, the lease and bills as proof.

No. Since 1 January 2026, a resident pays 10% on the whole payment when one company pays them more than R$50,000 in a month. Someone living abroad pays 10% on every real. Profits earned up to 2025 stay tax-free if their payout was approved by 31 December 2025. If you draw less than R$50,000 a month from one company and earn under R$600,000 a year, you pay nothing new.

Not without Brazilian tax. While you're resident in Brazil, it taxes the profit of a Cyprus company you control at 15% every 31 December, paid out or not, because Cyprus is on its low-tax list. Real staff and customers in Cyprus don't change that. You'd also need a second set of accounts to Brazilian standards every year.

It loses Simples Nacional once a partner lives abroad. If it owns a Cyprus company or earns any income from abroad, it must also move to the full accounting-profit regime, whatever its size. After you leave, its dividends to you bear 10%, fees you invoice it 25%, and a sale of your shares 15%. Price all of this before you go.

Brazil and Cyprus have no social security agreement. So your years of contributions in the two countries can't be added together to qualify for a pension, and you could fall short in both. Talk to a Brazilian pension specialist before you stop paying in.

Yes, freely and with no ceiling. Your bank needs the paperwork, not the Central Bank's permission. While you're still resident, report foreign assets of US$1 million or more on 31 December to the Central Bank, between 15 February and 5 April. If you leave late in the year without finishing the process, you may still owe that report.

No. We build and run the Cyprus side. The departure forms, the proof of your move, the Central Bank report and your Brazilian company are work for a Brazilian accountant or tax lawyer. We can recommend one if you need it.

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