On 29 July 2021, the Cypriot Tax Department published an announcement regarding a new XML Schema that entered into force on 5 August 2021. The XML should be used by Intermediaries and Taxpayers to submit the information for the purposes of the DAC6 Directive.
The department states that the new XML Schema should be used from August 5, 2021, so that the XML files submitted to the electronic service DAC6 of the Government Gateway Portal (Ariadni) are acceptable.
In this regard, all the relevant updated files bearing the title “from 05 August 2021” have been posted on the website of the Tax Department. These files can be found at the link.