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Move your business from the UK to Cyprus.

A Cyprus company pays 15% and, with non-dom status, you pay no tax on dividends. The UK has no exit tax, but come back within five years and it taxes those dividends in the year you return.

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Your profit, two tax bills.

The UK taxes the company's profit, then taxes the dividend again at the upper rate. Move the slider to your own profit.

€200,000
In the UK
Corporate tax
−€50,000
Tax on dividends
−€53,625
You keep
€96,375
In Cyprus
Corporate tax
−€30,000
Health contribution (GeSY)
−€4,505
You keep
€165,495

More in your pocket+€69,120every year

More in your pocket +€69,120 every year

UK: corporation tax at the 25% main rate, which applies above £250,000 of profit, then 35.75% on dividends at the upper rate from 6 April 2026. Profits up to £50,000 pay 19%, and the band in between pays an effective 26.5%.

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 the UK keeps hold of.

Britain lets you leave without a bill, then keeps a claim on the next five years. Settle these with a UK adviser before you go.

  • No exit tax when you leave

    Leaving the UK doesn't count as selling your shares, so they come with you untaxed. After you leave, UK property and shares in companies whose value is mostly UK property stay taxable in the UK.

  • Come back within five years and it's taxed

    If you lived in the UK for four of the seven years before leaving and return within five years, the UK taxes your company dividends and gains from the time away. Since April 2026, that includes dividends from profits earned after you left. Plan the return date too.

  • Count your UK days

    Fewer than 16 UK days in a tax year is a clean break. Above that, your UK ties decide, like a home you can use, a spouse there or UK work. With one tie, 121 days makes you resident again. Aim for under 16 in your first full year.

  • Run the company from Cyprus

    The UK taxes a company where its real decisions are taken. A Cyprus company you run on trips to London, while Cyprus directors sign what they're sent, pays UK tax. Take the decisions in Cyprus and record them there.

  • Close the Ltd, don't move it

    Moving your UK company to Cyprus counts as selling everything it owns at market value, which is costly for software or goodwill. Most founders close it and start fresh in Cyprus. Empty its bank account first, because anything left goes to the Crown.

  • Inheritance tax for up to ten years

    Since April 2025, UK inheritance tax follows how long you've lived in the UK. Ten of the last 20 years keeps your worldwide estate taxable for 3 to 10 years after you leave, at 40% above £325,000. Twenty years means the full ten.

What Cyprus gives British founders.

One flat rate on all profit, with no bands, 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.
  • Since Brexit, British citizens can't use the Yellow Slip. You need the Pink Slip, the residence permit for non-EU citizens. We check which route fits you and file it with you, with a lawyer where needed.
  • Running your own Cyprus company can count towards the 60-day rule. Full-time work for it is also the usual way to count as non-UK resident from the day you leave.
  • The tax treaty between the UK and Cyprus takes no tax off dividends, interest or royalties paid between them, and settles where you're resident if both countries claim you.
  • Business and banking run in English. Your company sells into the EU from inside, with an EU VAT number and one VAT return for consumer sales in other countries.

Leaving, step by step.

Plan the return date as carefully as the departure. This is the order.

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  1. Before you go

    Plan your exit with a UK adviser

    A UK adviser sets your leaving date and checks your National Insurance record. Together you choose your way out, under 16 UK days or full-time work abroad, and plan what happens to the Ltd. 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

    Tell HMRC you're leaving

    Your adviser files form P85, or the residence pages of your Self Assessment return if you file one.

  4. Month 1 to 3We do this

    Pink Slip and a directorship

    We check which Pink Slip route fits you, prepare the application and file it with you, and bring in a lawyer for complex files. You become a director of the Cyprus company, which the 60-day rule builds on.

  5. Month 3 to 6

    A home and the decisions

    Rent or buy the permanent home the 60-day rule needs, and take the company's decisions in Cyprus. Your adviser winds down or restructures the Ltd.

  6. From month 12We do this

    Tax residency and non-dom

    After your first full UK tax year abroad, we register your Cyprus tax residency and non-dom status. Then we keep your day counts and board records in order for the five years the UK can reach back.

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 British founders ask us.

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No. The UK has no exit tax, so your shares come with you untaxed. The catch is a five-year rule. If you lived in the UK for four of the seven years before leaving and come back within five years, the UK taxes your company dividends and gains from the time away in the year you return. Since April 2026, that includes dividends from profits earned after you left.

Year by year, based on your UK days and ties. In the year you leave, you stay in the UK tax net until the next 5 April, unless split-year treatment applies, which treats you as non-resident from the day you go. You usually qualify by starting full-time work abroad, or by giving up every UK home. Without it, a dividend you take before 5 April is taxed as if you still lived in the UK.

Fewer than 16 in a tax year for a clean break. Above that, your ties to the UK decide, and the more days you spend, the fewer ties it takes. From 121 days, one tie makes you resident, such as a home you can use, a spouse in the UK or UK work. With full-time work abroad you can spend up to 90 days, if fewer than 31 of them are UK working days.

Yes, but it's the trap most leavers fall into. A UK home you can use for 91 days in a row, where you spend at least 30 days in the tax year, can make you UK resident on its own, unless you also spend enough time in a home abroad. It also counts as a tie in the day count. Talk it through with your UK adviser before you go.

You can, but it's the messiest option. A UK company keeps paying UK tax wherever you live, and if you run it from Cyprus, both countries can claim it. Most founders close it and form a new Cyprus company. Moving the Ltd itself counts as selling everything it owns at market value. And hold the Cyprus shares yourself, not through a UK company, which can bring in UK rules that tax a foreign company's profit at home.

You keep what you've built. You need 10 years of National Insurance for any new State Pension and 35 for the full amount. Since April 2026, topping up from abroad costs £18.40 a week, and only if you lived in the UK for ten years in a row or already have ten years on your record. Check your record before you leave. A private UK pension paid to you in Cyprus is taxed in Cyprus.

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, job or directorship in Cyprus, and no more than 183 days in any other country. Directing your own Cyprus company can count. Since 2026, being tax resident somewhere else as well no longer rules you out.

Yes. The Yellow Slip is for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens, so you apply for the Pink Slip, the residence permit for non-EU citizens. We check which route fits you, prepare the application and file it with you, and bring in a lawyer where your file needs one. Tax residency and non-dom status are a separate step, which we also handle.

No. We build and run the Cyprus side. For your leaving date, the Ltd, inheritance tax and National Insurance, work with a UK 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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