As from 1 July 2021, a number of amendments to Directive 2006/112/EC (the VAT Directive) will start to apply affecting the VAT rules applicable to cross-border business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce activities.   The changes are aimed at addressing challenges arising from…

Malta has established the National Foreign Direct Investment Screening Office as required by the EU.  The purpose of the FDI Screening Office is to screen foreign direct investment into the EU on grounds of security or public order.    Foreign direct…

The Commissioner for Revenue published guidelines on the Mandatory Automatic Exchange of Information in relation to Cross-Border Arrangements to compliment Subsidiary Legislation 123.127,  Cooperation with Other Jurisdictions on Tax Matters Regulations which in return transposed the tax initiatives taken at…

In line with the announcement made during the Budget Speech for 2021, legal notice 463 of 2020 was published to amend the ‘small undertaking’ thresholds in Article 11 of the VAT Act.  Once the legal notice becomes effective, the period to…

By virtue of L.N. 428 of 2020, the Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with the Russian Federation was amended and entered into force with effect from 1 January 2021.  The changes relate to Article 10  on ‘Dividends’, Article 11 on ‘Interest’,…