The EU’s proposal on shell companies introduces a multiple-step filtering procedure to help Member States identify undertakings located in the EU that are engaged in an economic activity, but which do not have minimal substance and are misused for the…
TMF Group, a leading provider of business administration services around the world, today announced the acquisition of Avanzia Taxand in Malta. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Avanzia Taxand provides a complete range of tax advisory and…
Malta will be introducing transfer pricing rules with effect from 1 January 2024 following the publication of Legal Notice 284 of 2022 on 18 November 2022. The rules apply to cross-border arrangements entered between associated enterprises. The term associated…
Introduction The budget speech for 2023 was presented by the Minister of Finance and Employment yesterday evening with the promise of yet another year without the introduction of any new taxes despite the economic uncertainties. Most of the measures are…
Following the introduction of Article 51A of Income Tax Act as an enabling provision for the introduction of the transfer pricing and Advance Pricing Agreements, the Office of the Commissioner for Revenue published the draft Transfer Pricing Rules for public…
Introduction The budget speech for 2022 was read by the Minister of Finance and Employment last night and as previously announced no new taxes were introduced. Instead, various measures were proposed to assist low-income earners and persons in the brink…
On 8 October 2021, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) announced that a landmark reform in the international taxation sphere was agreed between 136 countries, including Malta, out of the 140 members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on…
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government announced additional measures to alleviate the financial burden brought about by this pandemic. Malta Enterprise has been entrusted with the processing of most of the applications related to various measures introduced…
Article 12(1)(u) of the Income Tax Act has been amended to limit the applicability of the participation exemption to income received from a participating holding which is not in a company resident in a country listed in the EU list…
As from 1 January 2021, royalties received by an individual in his capacity as author of a qualifying literary work may be taxed at a final tax rate of 15%. If an individual opts to have such royalties taxed under…
The tax treaty between Malta and Poland will be amended and the main changes will include: Widening of the definition of dividends in Article 10 to include other forms of income which is similar in nature to dividend income; Reduction…
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’,…