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Cyprus Tax Authority issues Frequently Asked Questions on loans financed by debt

27 January 2022

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On 24 January 2022, the Cyprus Tax Authority (CTA) issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with reference to the Interpretive Circular 3 dated 30 June 2017 with title "Tax treatment of intra-group back-to-back financing transactions" (Back-to-Back Circular).The Back-to-Back Circular, which is effective from 1 July 2017, provides guidance in terms of substance and transfer pricing (TP) documentation requirements with respect to on-lending financing transactions.The answers to the FAQs are applicable to all transactions that fall within the scope of the Back-to-Back Circular and relate to loan agreements concluded as at the date of the issuance of the FAQs and thereof (i.e.,...