What you actually keep in Cyprus
| Gross salary | UK resident | Standard rates | Non-dom |
|---|---|---|---|
| £60,000 | £45,357 | £43,835-£1,522 | £43,835-£1,522 |
| £100,000 | £68,557 | £69,253+£696 | £69,253+£696 |
| £150,000 | £91,286 | £101,753+£10,467 | £101,753+£10,467 |
| £250,000 | £144,286 | £166,753+£22,467 | £166,753+£22,467 |
Every figure above is a separate call to the same engine the calculator uses, run at build time on 2026-08-12. The green column is the best available outcome at that income.
The Cyprus options, priced
- Standard rates. Ordinary Cypriot income tax, with the first EUR 19,500 free of tax.
- Non-dom. Cyprus non-domiciled status. Dividends and interest sit outside the special defence contribution for 17 years.
What actually moves the number
- Non-dom status is what makes Cyprus work for a dividend-paying company, and it runs for 17 years.
- Cyprus has a 60-day residence route as well as the usual 183-day one, if you are not tax resident anywhere else.
- Social insurance still applies to employment income, so the structure changes the answer more than in the UAE.
When Cyprus starts taxing you
Either 183 days, or the 60-day rule: 60 days in Cyprus, no more than 183 days in any other single country, not tax resident elsewhere, and a tie to Cyprus through business, employment or a home.
The other half is the UK side. Leaving the UK tax net is the Statutory Residence Test, and running a UK company from outside the UK raises Central Management and Control and Permanent Establishment questions that are separate from your own residence. Running a UK limited company while living abroad covers both.
What this calculation assumes
- Social security is the weak point in this calculation. The model charges the destination country's employee contributions and drops UK National Insurance the moment residence moves. In practice UK NI often continues for a period after you leave, and which country you contribute to is set by a social security agreement rather than by where you are tax resident. Treat the take-home figure as the optimistic end of the range, and the gap is largest where the destination charges no social security of its own.
- Employer National Insurance is shown as an employer cost, so it is outside your take-home. It does not disappear when you move, and it is often the reason an employer says no.
- Cross-border scenario detected. Check the applicable double-tax treaty between United Kingdom and Cyprus.
- PIT 0-35%, first EUR 19,500 tax-free. CGT only on Cyprus property; securities gains exempt. Dividends via SDC -> non-dom central.
The last items are the engine's own disclosures, reproduced rather than summarised. Where a regime is not modelled it is named as not modelled, because a caveat you have to go looking for is not a caveat.