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Outgrow the micro regime in Cyprus.

A Cyprus company pays 15% and, with non-dom status, you pay no tax on dividends, against Romania's 16% and 16%. Under €100,000 of turnover Romania's 1% tax on small companies wins, so we check where you stand first.

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What you keep after 16% and 16%.

2026 is the first year Romanian dividends pay 16%. Move the slider to your own profit.

€200,000
In Romania
Corporate tax
−€32,000
Tax on dividends
−€26,880
You keep
€141,120
In Cyprus
Corporate tax
−€30,000
Health contribution (GeSY)
−€4,505
You keep
€165,495

More in your pocket+€24,375every year

More in your pocket +€24,375 every year

Romania: 16% profit tax, then 16% on dividends from 2026, so €100 of profit leaves you €70.56 before the CASS health contribution. Under €100,000 of turnover the 1% micro-enterprise tax applies instead, and there Romania beats Cyprus.

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 Romania expects of you.

Romania doesn't tax you for leaving, but it wants proof that you left. Settle these with a Romanian tax adviser before anything is filed.

  • File the departure form

    File the tax office's departure questionnaire (form A2) 30 days before you leave. The tax office replies within 15 days. Skipping it costs only 50 to 100 lei, so people skip it and later can't prove they left.

  • No three-year tail

    Romania keeps taxing your worldwide income for three more years only if you move to a country without a tax treaty. Romania and Cyprus have had one since 1981, so this doesn't apply.

  • Exit tax if the SRL moves

    Leaving creates no tax on you personally. But if your Romanian company (SRL) moves its tax residence, Romania taxes the rise in its assets' value at 16%. Within the EU you can pay in equal instalments over five years.

  • A Cyprus company run from Bucharest

    A company is taxed where its real decisions are taken. A Cyprus company managed from Romania becomes Romanian, taxed on all its income, and the tax treaty points the same way. Take the decisions in Cyprus.

  • The 3% IP rate sits under Romania's line

    If a Romanian company owns more than half of a foreign company taxed below 8%, Romania can tax that profit at home. Cyprus's 15% is clear. The IP Box's 3% isn't, so it needs real staff, premises and equipment in Cyprus.

  • Your pension years travel

    Romania and Cyprus add up your insurance years under EU rules, and each pays its share. Watch the gap in health cover between leaving Romanian insurance and joining the Cyprus system.

What Cyprus keeps simple.

One rate, no turnover ceiling to fall out of, 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 Romanian 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.
  • Under the tax treaty between Romania and Cyprus, a later sale of your shares is taxed only where you live. Romania keeps no right over shares in Romanian companies.
  • If you keep the SRL, the treaty caps Romanian tax on its dividends to you at 10%, once the company has your Cyprus residence certificate.
  • Romania's dividend tax went from 5% to 16% in four years, and the micro ceiling fell from €1 million to €100,000. Cyprus offers predictability more than price.

The move, month by month.

One date is fixed. The departure form goes in 30 days before you leave, not after.

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  1. First

    Check the micro ceiling

    Count your turnover together with linked companies. A Romanian tax adviser sets your departure date, prices the exit tax if IP is moving, and gets your pension record. We can recommend one if you need it.

  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 1We do this

    Yellow Slip and a lease

    We apply for your Yellow Slip with you. You sign a Cyprus lease in your own name, which both the 60-day rule and your Romanian tax file need.

  4. 30 days before you leave

    File the departure form

    Your adviser files form A2 with the Romanian tax office. It then has 15 days to say whether you stay fully taxable in Romania.

  5. Month 1 to 3

    Run the company from Cyprus

    Become director and take board decisions in Cyprus. Plan the switch from Romanian to Cyprus health cover so there's no gap.

  6. Before any payout

    Certificate before dividends

    If you keep the SRL, don't let it pay you a dividend until it has your Cyprus tax residence certificate. Without it, 16% is withheld instead of 10%.

  7. After year oneWe do this

    Tax residency and non-dom

    We register your Cyprus tax residency and non-dom status. Your adviser then files a second form A2, with your Cyprus certificate attached.

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.

Questions from Romanian founders.

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Yes. Dividends paid from 1 January 2026 are taxed at 16%, whether they go to you, a Romanian company or a non-resident. The 10% most articles still quote applied to 2025 only, and 8% before that. Dividends paid on interim accounts drawn up during 2025 stay at 10%.

Below the ceiling, clearly. The micro tax is 1% of turnover, up to €100,000 of revenue, counted with linked companies at 31 December of the year before. You also need an employee or a director paid at least the minimum wage. A consultancy with €90,000 of turnover pays about €900. Above the ceiling it flips. On €300,000 of profit, Cyprus leaves you about €38,500 more a year.

Not personally. Romania has no exit tax on individuals. If your SRL itself moves its tax residence, Romania taxes the rise in its assets' value at 16%, payable over five years. Selling the SRL's software to your new Cyprus company counts as a sale at market value too.

No. That rule applies only to a move to a country with no tax treaty, and Romania and Cyprus have had one since 1981. You do stay fully taxable in Romania until your residence changes under the treaty, so your evidence matters. Your form A2, Cyprus lease, Cyprus certificate and Cyprus social insurance number prove the date.

When you no longer have a home in Romania, your life isn't centred there, and you don't spend more than 183 days there in any twelve months. File form A2 30 days before you leave, and a second one with your Cyprus certificate. Once you've left for good, occasional visits back don't change your Cyprus residence.

You can keep it, move it, or close it and start fresh. Keeping it is cleanest. It pays 1% or 16% as before, and dividends to you pay 10% with a Cyprus residence certificate. Moving it triggers the 16% exit tax. Starting fresh means any software or assets you move across count as sold at market value. Get the closing procedure from a Romanian adviser.

No. A foreign company managed from Romania counts as Romanian and pays Romanian tax on all its income. The tax treaty also looks at where the company is really run, so it doesn't help. The usual mistake is staying in Bucharest for the first year while things settle. Take the decisions in Cyprus and record them there.

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. Directing your own Cyprus company can count as the business. Cyprus residency alone doesn't end Romanian residency, though. Your evidence does.

Your Romanian contribution years count. Romania and Cyprus add them up under EU rules, and each pays its share of your pension. Health cover is the real risk. Romanian cover ends three months after a job ends or, if you declare it yourself, once a filing deadline passes without a new declaration. Join the Cyprus system before it lapses.

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