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• 0% tax on dividends and profits to shareholders for a period of 5 years and/or whenever they are reinvested;
• 0% tax on amortizations and interests falling on financial transactions that constitute foreign direct investment;
• Stable Fiscal System. (Personal Income Taxes of 10% after the 6th year into business, without hindrance from benefitting of more favorable ans foreseeable terms under bilateral agreements signed between Cape Verde and the country of the recipient investor).
• Duty free Enterprises (Special Tax System)- 0% tax on duties, tariffs or other levies falling on profits for the first 10 years of business. Furthermore, the duty free enterprise is entitled to full tax exemption and other indirect fiscal assessments namely stamp duty.
• Free trade zones

• Industry

o Customs duties exemption, excise duty, tariffs and overall customs fees on import of goods, equipment and materials

o Corporate tax exemption on revenues generated by each new industrial unit as registered for a period of 3 years

o Freedom to export manufactured goods

o Corporate tax deduction on reinvested profits

• Tourism

o Customs duties exemption on the imports of materials for the construction and running of hotel establishments, resorts, marinas, Golf courses as well as other tourism-oriented undertakings

o Corporate tax exemption: 100% exemption for the first 5 years into business and 50% for the following 10 years

o Tax rates deduction on profits reinvested in similar activities

o Deduction of tax rate on taxable expenditures incurred with training of domestic workers

o Freedom to export manufactured goods