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What does this save you per year?

Enter your annual profit and see the difference in corporate tax between the Netherlands and Cyprus — and what it saves you in total once you also take the profit out as dividend, based on 2026 rates.

Annual profit of your company

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Corporate tax

Corporate tax in the Netherlands

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Corporate tax in Cyprus

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effective 15% flat rate

Total tax burden — company + dividend to you personally

This adds the corporate tax to the tax you pay once the remaining profit is paid out to you personally as dividend — the amount that actually matters to you.

Total burden in the Netherlands

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corporate tax + Box 2 (24.5% / 31%)

Total burden in Cyprus

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corporate tax + 2.65% GESY (non-dom)

What happens after 17 years? This calculation assumes non-dom status (0% SDC, only 2.65% GHS). Once you've been a Cyprus tax resident for more than 17 of the past 20 years, that status ends. Thanks to the 2026 tax reform, you then pay only 5% SDC on dividends from profits earned from 2026 onwards (previously 17%), plus the 2.65% health contribution — 7.65% in total instead of 2.65%, still substantially lower than the Dutch Box 2 rates. The 15% corporate tax rate doesn't change, and the non-dom period can also be extended.

This calculation is indicative and based on the standard 2026 rates (Netherlands corporate tax: 19% up to €200,000, 25.8% above — Cyprus: 15% flat rate; Netherlands dividend tax Box 2: 24.5% up to €68,843, 31% above — Cyprus non-dom: exempt from dividend tax, 2.65% GESY health contribution). It assumes the full after-tax profit is distributed as dividend in the same year, and does not account for the innovation box, the duration of non-dom status, any cap on the GESY contribution, or your specific structure and tax residency. We're happy to calculate this precisely for you.

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