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Everything we know, and how long it takes.
Guides, help articles, posts and calculators. Every one of them carries the time it costs you, because that is the fact worth knowing before you click, not after.
41 pieces on the shelf, 231 minutes end to end. 9 of them are calculators that answer you without asking to be read.
Get an answer
You have one question and you want to leave with a number or a verdict. The calculators do the arithmetic themselves; the help articles are the short ones.
- VAT calculatorCalculator, no reading
- Invoice generatorCalculator, no reading
- Reverse-charge checkerCalculator, no reading
- VAT registration thresholdCalculator, no reading
- VAT return deadlinesCalculator, no reading
- Salary calculatorCalculator, no reading
- PAYE calculatorCalculator, no reading
- Loan calculatorCalculator, no reading
- Currency converterCalculator, no reading
- Help article, 3 minCreating your account and your first uploadSign up free, answer a few setup questions, and drop in your first pile of documents.
- Help article, 3 minWhat file types and documents Pileform acceptsPDFs and photos, invoices, receipts, and bank statements, in one pile or split by supplier.
- Help article, 4 minUnderstanding the review screenWhat a yellow flag means, how the Adjustment column works, and when an entry is ready to post.
- Help article, 4 minConnecting Xero or QuickBooks OnlineA one-time OAuth connection, your chart of accounts syncing in, and what posts where.
- Help article, 4 minRunning a monthly payrollDraft, review, approve, and, if needed, reverse a run, one live run per company per period.
- Help article, 3 minThe compliance calendarEvery client, every Cyprus obligation, tracked on one calendar with prep files ready ahead of the date.
- Help article, 3 minHow per-page billing worksPlans, included pages, overage, and how a page is counted.
Learn the rule
The longer pieces, and the ones worth a bookmark. The rule each of these explains is the one that comes back around next quarter.
- Guide, 11 minCyprus VAT essentialsThe umbrella reference: rates, thresholds, returns, retention, OSS, and the mistakes that cause refilings.
- Guide, 9 minGreece myDATA e-invoicing guideThe mandate timeline (2 March, 1 October 2026), who it catches, what issuance actually means, and what still arrives as PDF regardless.
- Guide, 9 minFiling your VAT return on TFAStep-by-step through the Tax For All portal, what moved from TAXISnet, what to prepare, and how the return form works.
- Guide, 8 minCyprus VAT rates19%, 9%, 5%, 3% and 0%, what applies to what, the temporary zero-rated basket, and why 0% is not the same as exempt.
- Guide, 8 minReverse charge VAT in CyprusArticles 11–12A mapped, construction under 11B, the box mechanics, and the €200-per-return penalty.
- Guide, 8 minVAT registration in CyprusThe €15,600 threshold, voluntary registration, registering through TFA, and the EU SME scheme.
- Guide, 7 minVAT working papersThe file behind the return: per-supplier schedules, embedded evidence, documented adjustments, and the 6-year rule.
- Guide, 9 minArticle 11B reverse charge in constructionWhich construction services are reverse-charged, unregistered subcontractors, mixed invoices, the return boxes, and the €200-per-return penalty.
- Guide, 9 minWhat a valid Cyprus VAT invoice must showThe six particulars on every invoice, the two that reverse-charge and zero-rated supplies add, numbering, and the six-year rule.
- Guide, 9 minRecovering input VAT in CyprusWho can deduct, taxable versus zero-rated versus exempt, the invoice as evidence, reverse-charge purchases, and refunds.
- Guide, 9 minMonth-end close checklistSeven steps from the month’s document pile to reconciled, posted books, so the quarterly return is a summary.
- Guide, 10 minChoosing accounting software in CyprusLedger or feeder, Cyprus VAT per line, Greek, bank data, practice fit, pricing models, and how to run a real trial.
- Guide, 10 minFiling a VIES statement in CyprusWho files, the monthly deadline, filing on TFA, what each line holds, and how it ties to boxes 8A and 8B.
- Guide, 10 minCyprus VAT penalties and interestLate filing, late payment, late registration, VIES and reverse-charge penalties, and what an extension changes.
- Guide, 10 minBookkeeping and record-keeping rules in CyprusProper books under Cap. 113, the 2026 change to six-year retention, VAT records, audit thresholds and the new IR4 deadline.
- Guide, 9 minE-invoicing in Cyprus: what applies in 2026No B2B mandate, public-sector e-invoices over Peppol, the EU’s 1 July 2030 ViDA date, and the contrast with Greece.
- Guide, 10 minCyprus VAT return boxes explainedWhat goes in Box 1 to Box 11B, where reverse charge and EU purchases go, and the checks to run before filing.
- Guide, 10 minCyprus tax deadlines 2026The 2026 calendar month by month: VAT, VIES, Intrastat, PAYE and TD7, social insurance, SDC, provisional tax and the annual returns.
- Guide, 8 minIntrastat in CyprusWho files, the 2026 arrivals and dispatches thresholds, the monthly deadline, and how Intrastat differs from VIES and the VAT return.
Keep up
What changed in Cyprus and Greece, and what it means for the books you keep.
- How to reconcile a supplier statementSame date, same supplier, every invoice, credit note and payment matched, and the five differences that turn up in almost every reconciliation.
- What is accounting automation? A plain guide for Cyprus accountantsThe seven steps between a client's pile and a filed return that software can take over, why Cyprus piles are harder, and what good automation never does.
- Invoice automation vs OCR: what the difference means at quarter endOCR reads the characters; invoice automation decides what they mean for the books. Where quarter-end VAT errors really happen, and how to test a tool.
- Automating a Cyprus VAT quarter, step by stepThe eight steps of a Cyprus VAT quarter in order: which software can take over, which stay with the accountant, and filing early on TFA.
- How accounting practices stop typing receipts: automating data entryWhere the keying time goes, what replaces it, the review that stays with a person, and how to move a practice across one client at a time.
- A bank reconciliation checklist for accountantsFour stages, in order: a complete statement, matching by certainty, two remainders with reasons, and balances agreed and signed off.
Not on the shelf
These answer a question about us rather than a question about VAT, so putting a reading time on them would be a category error. They are here because you might be looking for them.
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