DAC6 in Cyprus
On 18 March 2021 the Cyprus Parliament voted into law the relevant Directive known as “DAC6”.
The Directive is intended to increase transparency in the area of direct taxation, with a view of combating tax avoidance and tax evasion in the EU.
Following that approach, potential aggressive tax planning is reported in order to balance the asymmetry of information between Tax Authorities and taxpayers. This will enable EU Member States to prevent harmful tax practices and close any loopholes.
DAC6 has a retroactive application, being in force as of 25 June 2018. This means that intermediaries and taxpayers must review the necessary information relating to transactions implemented on or after that date, in order to fulfil their reporting obligations.
ADMINISTRATIVE FINES
The Cyprus Tax Department has announced that there will be no imposition of administrative fines for overdue submission of DAC6 information that will be submitted until 30 June 2021, in the following cases:
- Reportable cross-border arrangements (RCBAs) that were implemented between 25 June 2018 and 30 June 2020 and had to be submitted by 28 February 2021;
- RCBAs held between 1 July 2020 and 31 December 2020 and had to be submitted by 31 January 2021;
- RCBAs held between 1 January 2021 and 31 May 2021, that had to be submitted within 30 days from the date they were made available for implementation or were ready for implementation or the first step in the implementation was made, whichever occurred first;
- RCBAs for which secondary intermediaries provided aid, assistance or advice, between 1 January 2021 and 31 May 2021 and had to submit information within 30 days beginning on the day after they provided aid, assistance or advice.
The penalties for non-compliance start from €1,000 until €20,000 depending on the reasoning
