The development of the oil & gas sector in Cyprus continues. The recent discoveries of hydrocarbons within Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone ("EEZ") has attracted a lot of attention internationally and has created locally a lot of optimism about the future. Over the past decade, Cyprus has awarded exploratory licence agreements in the Cypriot EEZ and entered into production sharing contracts ("PSC") with a number of global oil & gas companies that are some of the major industry players. Over this period, there was a substantial exploration and evaluation activity undertaken by the operators in offshore Cyprus.
There is no specific regime within Cypriot Income Tax Law concerning the oil & gas sector. Taxable profits from trading operations are taxable at the normal corporate income tax rate and taxable profits are determined under a framework of deductions for expenses wholly incurred in the derivation of income and capital allowances for assets used in the trade.
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