On Wednesday, 1st of June 2016, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus proceeded to:
- the approval of the immovable property tax reduction by 50% and to
- the abolishment of immovable property tax collected by municipalities and communities.
More specifically, the government approved the reduction of the immovable property tax by 50%, i.e. to 0.5 per mille in order to offset the obligation imposed by the EU to charge VAT (at the rate of 19%) on transactions in the context of commercial transactions of buildable land.
Furthermore, according to the Minister of Finance, Harris Georgiades, the Council of Ministers decided to maintain the 20% discount for citizens who choose to pay on time their immovable tax on the internet or through credit institutions and the 17.5% discount for the citizens that decide to make their tax payment timely at the Tax Department Offices. Moreover, tax up to € 25 will not be collected.
It is announced that this proposal is expected to be submitted to the Parliament of Cyprus shortly.
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