SaaS company: effective tax on software profit cut to ~3% via IP Box

The challenge

A SaaS business developing its own platform was paying the full corporate rate on all profit and had no documentation to support an IP Box claim. It also needed investor-ready financials for a funding round.

What we did

• Assessed IP Box eligibility for the copyrighted software and computed the OECD nexus fraction
• Documented the qualifying profit, direct costs and R&D to build a defensible claim file
• Structured the company with genuine Cyprus development substance
• Produced clean IFRS financials and projections ready for due diligence

The outcome

Qualifying software profit is now taxed at an effective rate of around 3% under the IP Box, with a documented, defensible claim — and the company went into its funding round with investor-ready numbers.