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Taxand Global Survey 2014

The Taxand Global Survey 2014 provides insight into the outlook and concerns of multinationals in relation to corporate taxation. Download survey

Malta signs FATCA

Malta signed intergovernmental agreements with the US Treasury Department to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Malta signed the Model 1A agreements. Under these agreements, Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) will report the information required under FATCA about US...

Malta signs a tax treaty with Macau

Malta and Macau agreed to work together to prevent tax evasion and tax avoidance. Macau’s Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen and the Maltese ambassador to China, Joseph Cassar, signed a tax treaty in Beijing on May...

Malta signs tax information exchange agreement with the Cayman Islands

Malta signed a tax information exchange agreement with the Cayman Islands. The two countries are Global Forum members and the TIEA was completed ahead of the Joint Ministerial Conference meeting of British Overseas Territories in London.

Malta ratifies Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance

Legal Notice 282 of 2013 entitled JOINT COUNCIL OF EUROPE/OECD CONVENTION ON MUTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE IN TAX MATTERS ORDER, 2013 brings into force the Joint Convention on Mutual Assistance ratified by Malta on May 23. The Convention provides that state...

Malta and USA conclude FATCA negotiations

Malta and the USA concluded negotiations with respect to an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) in relation to US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Regulations (FATCA). FATCA was enacted in 2010 by the US Congress as part of the Hiring Incentives to Restore...

Malta signs a tax treaty with Turkey

An income tax treaty for the avoidance of double taxation between Malta and Turkey, which was signed in 2011, come into force on 13 June 2013. The treaty provides for a 10% withholding tax on dividends paid by a Turkish...

Malta – Liechtenstein tax treaty

Liechtenstein's Foreign Minister Aurelia Frick and the Maltese counterpart George Vella signed a bilateral double taxation agreement (DTA) between the two countries in respect of taxes on income and on wealth. The DTA was signed in New York. The treaty...