\u00a0As part of a broader government strategy to combat rising inflation and support household purchasing power, Cyprus has officially implemented a temporary zero-rate VAT on fresh, chilled, or frozen meat and fish. According to the Tax Department, this measure is in effect from 6th\u00a0April 2026, through to the 30th September 30 2026.<\/p>\n
The initiative, approved by the Council of Ministers and published in the Official Gazette, adds these essential protein items to a list of other products already under a zero VAT rate.<\/p>\n
Covered Products (0% VAT) – Meat:\u00a0Fresh, chilled, or frozen beef, pork, sheep, and goat meat. Products Remaining at 5% VAT Other measures in effect during this period include:<\/p>\n – Electricity:\u00a0A 5% VAT rate on electricity for all residential consumers from 1st May 2026 to 31st March 2027. \u00a0As part of a broader government strategy to combat rising inflation and support household purchasing power, Cyprus has officially implemented a temporary zero-rate VAT on fresh, chilled, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239137924,"featured_media":13803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1387],"tags":[1409],"class_list":["post-13802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eu-vat-update","tag-cyprus-vat-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cypruszero_1140x360.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfNysa-3AC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239137924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13806,"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802\/revisions\/13806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meridianglobalservices.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>The zero-rate applies specifically to unprocessed products, including:<\/p>\n
\n– Poultry:\u00a0Fresh, chilled, or frozen poultry meat and edible offal (including chicken).
\n– Specialty Meat:\u00a0Rabbit and hare meat and edible offal.
\n– Fish:\u00a0Fresh, chilled, or frozen fish.
\n– Seafood:\u00a0Cuttlefish, squid, and octopus.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Tax Department clarified that the measure\u00a0does not<\/strong>\u00a0apply to processed, marinated, or prepared meat and fish products. These items will remain at the reduced 5% VAT rate:<\/p>\n
\n– Fuel:\u00a0A reduction in excise duty on motor fuels from April to June 2026.
\n– Essential Goods:\u00a0The zero-rate VAT on bread, milk, eggs, baby food, and diapers is already in place, with many of these expected to continue until 31st December 2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"