EU Consultation on e-format for CbC Reporting

The EU Commission has launched a public consultation on draft legislation which introduces a common template and electronic format for annual country-by-country reporting obligations for large multinational corporations operating in the EU, who are required to disclose income tax information for a given financial reporting...

Personal income tax return (electronic) submission deadline extended

The Malta Tax and Customs Administration (MTCA) has announced that today's deadline for the electronic filing of income tax returns for individuals has been extended by 1 week to Wednesday 7 August 2024. The due date of the relative payment is being extended accordingly. The personal income...

Taxation of income from sports activities rules published

The Income from Sport Activities Rules 2024 (LN 147 of 2024), which come into force with effect from YA 2025, extends the application of the 7.5% tax rate, which has applied to players, licensed coaches and athletes (article 56(26) of the Income Tax Act, CAP...

YA 2024 Tax Return for companies (electronic)

The electronic corporate income tax return for year of assessment 2024 is now available on MTCA's  online services. The supplemental document in case of a Fiscal Unit is also available for download.   For this year of assessment the notable changes to the tax return are: TRA 63...

Amendment to Global Minimum Tax Implementing Regulations

Regulation 6 of the 'European Union Global Minimum Level of Taxation for Multinational Enterprise Groups and Large-Scale Domestic Groups Regulations' has been revised by Legal Notice 130 of 2024 with effect from 20 February 2024, as follows: in Regulation 6(1), the words "regulation 2(7)" has...

Personal Tax Return available online

The online service for the filing of the Personal Income Tax for YA 2024 (basis year 2023), is now enabled - see MTCA announcement....

Tax treatment of interest paid under the VAT Act – MTCA guidance

Further to the repeal of article 74 of the VAT Act with the Budget Measures Implementation Act, the Malta Tax & Customs Administration (MTCA) has issued Guidance clarifying that the income tax treatment of interest paid pursuant to the provisions the VAT Act has, with...

Updated Guideline on Article 6 ITA

The guidelines on the application of Article 6 of the Income Tax Act (CAP 123), in terms of which an Investment Services or Insurance Expatriate, as defined, may opt to be exempted from tax on income relating to certain personal expenses, which would otherwise be...