On 13 May 2020, OECD has published the updated position of signatories’ countries regarding the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). Accordingly, MLI entered into force for Cyprus on 1 May 2020.
The MLI is generally effective from 1 January 2021 in respect of withholding taxes and for taxable periods beginning on or after 1 November 2020 in respect of other taxes (six months after entry into force). Cyprus signed the MLI on 7 June 2017 and deposited the instrument of ratification on 23 January 2020.