The Cyprus Tax Department recently announced, on 31 December 2016, that the ten-year government bond yield rate of the below listed countries, has increased by 3%.
As stated by the Tax Department, their “reference rate” for the purposes of granting tax allowance on new capital, as per article 9B of the Income Tax Law N.118(I)/2002, as amended from time to time, is as follows and this will be the basis used for notional interest deductions in the 2017 tax year:
| Country | Bond Yield Rate | Ref. rate for 2017 |
| Cyprus | 3.489% | 6.489% |
| Czech Republic | 0.414% | 3.414% |
| Germany | 0.204% | 3.204% |
| India | 6.878% | 9.878% |
| Latvia | 0.894% | 3.894% |
| Poland | 3.627% | 6.627% |
| Romania | 3.748% | 6.748% |
| Russia (denominated in US dollars) | 8.380% 4.409% | 11.380% 7.409% |
| Ukraine | 8.705% | 11.705% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3.326% | 6.326% |
| United Kingdom | 1.326% | 4.326% |
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