Expats in Cyprus

Cyprus taxes lightly and charges heavily for living there. Inside the 2026 arrival sequence, GESY co-payments, Limassol rents, school fees and the employer load.

Cyprus gives you a thin statutory floor and no erga omnes extension, so your contract is the whole story. The 2026 rules on terms, pay, notice and redundancy.

Cyprus kept the 50% expat exemption and non-dom status through the 2026 tax reform, then moved every band around them. Here is what you actually pay.

Cyprus sells itself as the cheap, easy place to put a regional entity — and on employer contributions it largely is, but the Business Facilities Unit file is where deals stall.

EU citizens simply register; everyone else needs an employer – and in Cyprus the Business Facilities Unit decides whether that takes four weeks or nine months.