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Lower Cyprus Tax for Youtube Business due to IP?

Hello, it is likely that you could, but this really depends on various factors regarding the overall operation.

Please explain which factors are you talking about.

we basically “license” our content to YouTube and receive royalties for it.

I never thought about uploading videos to YouTube as licensong content to YouTube.
 
Please explain which factors are you talking about.



I never thought about uploading videos to YouTube as licensong content to YouTube.
We have had this discussion with the authorities before, this type of activities are excluded from the IP box. In any proposed structure for the IP box it is always suggested that a tax ruling is obtained from the beginning as soon as the Cyprus company is set up
 
Usually youtube ads revenue is not considered a qualifying asset under the IP BOX Regime.

Please note that Qualifying assets under the new regime include:

• patents,
• copyrighted software programs, and
• other intangible assets that are non-obvious, useful and novel.

Qualifying assets do not include trademarks and copyrights.

However, a Cyprus setup still offers a good tax optimisation vehicle and there are other tax incentives you can use to minimise tax liability such as notional interest deduction on new Equity.

Hope this helps
 
However, a Cyprus setup still offers a good tax optimisation vehicle and there are other tax incentives you can use to minimise tax liability such as notional interest deduction on new Equity.
do you mind to tell us some of them ?
 
@clemens The notional interest deduction to which CyprusBusiness makes reference to essentially provides for an allowable expense in the form of notional interest calculated on any new capital injected into the company. This capital can also be in the form of assets, so for example an IP asset injected into a Cyprus company can have a notional interest as an allowable expense which could subatantially lower the effective tax on profits generated from royalty income emanatung from the IP asset injected into the company as capital.
 
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do you mind to tell us some of them ?
Yes as @CyprusLawyer101 mentioned this NID is a notional interest deduction on new equity and has the following characteristics:
  • Notional interest to be calculated on new equity contributed in the company after 1 January 2015 is to be deducted for tax purposes for the year the equity is contributed
  • The contribution can be in the form of paid up share capital and share premium. The payment can be in cash or in-kind but in case of an in- kind contribution, the value of this contribution cannot exceed the market value of the asset contributed
  • The NID interest rate is the yield on 10 year government bonds ( as at 31 December of the previous tax year) of the country where the funds are to be invested plus a 3% margin with a minimum interest being the 10 year Cyprus government bonds.
  • The tax deduction cannot exceed 80% of the taxable income of the company.
  • Where the company has taxable losses, the NID cannot be claimed

If any investor opts to this scheme any in kind contribution in the form of IP or any other asset must be substantiated by a valuation so to abide with Cyprus Companies Law.
 
Sorry to revive this thread but curious if IP box regime applies to things like domain names, websites, trademarks etc?

In businesses I built domain name and website files are the 95% of the business value.

Say CY Ltd owns domain/website and rents it to a foreign company for say X% of net profit, would CY company be able to claim the IP tax regime?