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Move from Czechia to Cyprus, at the right time.

A Cyprus company pays 15% and, with non-dom status, you pay no tax on dividends. Czechia doesn't tax you for leaving, but 183 days there makes the whole year Czech, so the dates come first.

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What you'd keep.

Czechia taxes a company's profit at 21%, then takes 15% of the dividend. Set the slider to your own profit.

€200,000
In Czechia
Corporate tax
−€42,000
Tax on dividends
−€23,700
You keep
€134,300
In Cyprus
Corporate tax
−€30,000
Health contribution (GeSY)
−€4,505
You keep
€165,495

More in your pocket+€31,195every year

More in your pocket +€31,195 every year

Czechia: 21% corporate tax since the 2024 tax year, then 15% withheld on dividends, 32.85% all in. The comparison leaves out the 23% top personal rate and any tax on moving the company itself.

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 leaving still costs.

Czechia lets you go without taxing your shares. It does watch your company, where it's run from and your calendar. Settle these with a Czech tax adviser first.

  • No exit tax on you

    Czechia doesn't tax your shares when you move. The Czech tax office confirms that its exit tax applies only to companies, not people. You can leave with the same shares, at the same cost, as the day before.

  • 183 days takes the whole year

    Spend 183 days in Czechia in a calendar year and you're Czech tax resident for all of it, from 1 January to 31 December. Every started day counts. Leave in September after 190 days and the whole year is Czech. Count your days first.

  • A place to live keeps you resident

    A home in Czechia you mean to live in for good, owned or rented, keeps you tax resident on its own. Even a hotel or short let can count, such as one that bridges a delayed move. Keep proof of when your leases ended and where you stayed.

  • Moving the company is taxed

    If your Czech company itself moves to Cyprus, Czechia taxes it as if it sold its assets at market price, with no sale and no cash. Because Cyprus is in the EU, you can apply to pay over up to five years. A fresh Cyprus company is usually cheaper.

  • The company must be run from Cyprus

    A company is Czech if it's run from Czechia, wherever it's registered. A Cyprus company run from a desk in Prague pays Czech tax on all its profit. Meet, decide and direct the company in Cyprus.

  • Report large tax-free income

    Czechia has no wealth, inheritance or gift tax. But tax-free income over 5,000,000 CZK per item, such as an inheritance, must be reported to the tax office. Report it late and the penalty is 0.1% to 15% of the amount.

Why Cyprus works for you.

15% against Czechia's 21%, and dividends free of tax for 17 years with non-dom status.

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 Czech citizen you're an EU citizen, so you don't need a visa. You register with the Yellow Slip, and we file it with you.
  • Plan the Czech exit before the Cyprus arrival. You can meet the Cyprus 60-day rule and still be Czech resident for the same year.
  • Czechia's 35% rate on capital income doesn't reach a Cyprus resident, because Cyprus is in the EU and has a tax treaty with Czechia.
  • Hold the Cyprus shares yourself, not through a Czech company, and the Czech rules that tax a foreign company's profit at home don't reach you.

Your move, in order.

The Registrar, the banks and your own calendar set the pace. Counting your days comes first.

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  1. Month 0

    Count your days

    Your Czech tax adviser counts your days in Czechia this year and helps you choose this year or next as your exit year. If your Czech company is moving too, they price the tax on that. We can recommend an adviser if you need one.

  2. Month 1We do this

    Form the Cyprus company

    We register it with tax, VAT and VIES. Your books open the day you order.

  3. Month 1 to 2

    Plan your Czech exit

    Your Czech adviser plans when your leases end, when your family moves and when the business stops being run from Czechia.

  4. Month 2 to 3We do this

    Yellow Slip and a home

    You rent or buy your Cyprus home. We apply for your Yellow Slip with you, as an EU citizen.

  5. Month 3 to 6

    Run the company from Cyprus

    Meet, decide and direct from Cyprus, and record the decisions here. Keep a record of your travel days. Your adviser reports any large tax-free income.

  6. Month 6 to 12We do this

    Tax residency and non-dom

    We file your tax residency and non-dom application and prepare your first Cyprus returns. Every Cyprus company's accounts are checked by a licensed auditor, so we keep your books ready for that. Your adviser files the Czech return for your exit year.

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.

Czech founders ask us.

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No, not on your shares. The Czech tax office confirms that its exit tax applies only to companies, not people. Two things still matter in your exit year. The 183-day rule can make the whole year Czech, and tax-free income over 5,000,000 CZK per item must be reported.

When you no longer have a home there that you mean to live in for good, and you spend fewer than 183 days there in the calendar year. Each test counts on its own. Reach 183 days and the whole year is Czech, so leaving in September after 190 days keeps all of it Czech. Every started day counts.

It can. A home doesn't have to be a long lease. A hotel or short let counts if the facts show you mean to stay. The tax office's own example is someone who ends their Prague lease, sees the move slip and bridges the gap in a hotel. The hotel then counts as their home.

Not with any tax benefit. A company is Czech if it's run from Czechia, so a Cyprus company directed from Prague pays Czech tax on all its profit. Registering in Cyprus moves the paperwork. The decisions have to move too.

Not on the rate alone. They apply only where a Czech company controls the foreign one, it has no real business abroad, and it pays less than half the Czech tax, about 10.5%. Cyprus at 15% is above that line. Income taxed at 3% under the IP Box can fall below it. If you hold the Cyprus shares yourself, these rules don't reach you.

Your Czech limited company (s.r.o.) stays a Czech taxpayer at 21%, because its registered office stays in Czechia. It takes 15% from the dividends it pays you. The higher 35% rate doesn't apply, because Cyprus is in the EU and has a treaty with Czechia. If you move the company itself to Cyprus, it's taxed as if it sold its assets.

No. Under the 60-day rule you can be Cyprus tax resident with 60 days a year here, a home you rent or own, a business or job in Cyprus, and no more than 183 days in any other country. But meeting it doesn't end your Czech residency, so plan the Czech exit first.

You keep it. EU rules protect the Czech pension rights you've built and add your years in each country together. Once you really move, you pay into the Cyprus system instead and stop building new Czech years. Cyprus health cover costs 2.65% of income up to €180,000.

No. We build and run the Cyprus side. Settle your residency, a company move and anything else in Czechia with a Czech tax adviser. We can recommend one if you need it.

Plan your move with us.

Tell us what you own and when you'd like to move. We'll tell you what applies, what it costs, and what to do first.

  • Which rules at home affect you
  • The order to do things in
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