What you actually keep in Cyprus
| Company revenue | UK resident | Standard rates | Non-dom |
|---|---|---|---|
| £60,000 | £46,831 | £42,588-£4,243 | £48,962+£2,131 |
| £100,000 | £66,668 | £67,220+£552 | £78,640+£11,972 |
| £150,000 | £87,303 | £97,723+£10,420 | £115,390+£28,087 |
| £250,000 | £130,448 | £158,728+£28,280 | £188,890+£58,442 |
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
- The company is assumed to distribute everything it can in the same year, after a director salary at the UK National Insurance threshold. Leaving profit in the company, or paying into a pension from it, changes the answer and is usually worth modelling.
- Corporation tax is charged at UK rates throughout, because a company incorporated in the UK stays UK tax resident wherever its director lives.
- Cross-border scenario detected. Check the applicable double-tax treaty between United Kingdom and Cyprus.
- Source-country (United Kingdom) dividend withholding tax of 0% applied on the gross dividend; a foreign tax credit is granted in Cyprus up to the residence-country liability (relief under the applicable double-tax treaty).
- 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.