Commission recommendation on the tax treatment of losses

On 18 May 2021 the Commission published a recommendation on the tax treatment of losses during the COVID-19 crisis. The commission is recommending that Member States should allow loss carry back for businesses to at least the previous fiscal year, i.e. at least 2019, and...

YA2021 Tax Return for Companies

The Office of the Commissioner for Revenue has announced that the YA 2021 electronic income tax return for companies and supplemental document in case of a Fiscal Unit are now available on the CfR online services. Click here for further details.   source: cfr.gov.mt...

Co-operation with Other Jurisdictions on Tax Matters Regulations amended

The Co-operation with Other Jurisdictions on Tax Matters Regulations (SL 123.127) have been revised. LN 213 of 2021 has introduced the following changes: an amendment to the definition of "Beneficial Owner" a change to Regulation 4 concerning the availability of ownership information of bodies of...

Business Taxation for the 21st Century

The European Commission has adopted a Communication on Business Taxation for the 21st century to promote a robust, efficient and fair business tax system in the European Union. The Communication sets out both a long-term and short-term vision to support Europe’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic...

DAC 2 / CRS / FATCA reporting deadline extended

The Office of the CfR has announced that due to the continued exceptional circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic that have created a challenging environment, an extension for the submission of the report containing Financial Account information relating to Reporting Year 2020 has been...

YA2020 Returns for Fiscal Units

The office of the CfR has announced that the facility to upload and submit the income tax return and the supplemental document for Year of Assessment 2020 required to be filed by a principal taxpayer in respect of a fiscal unit is now available.​   source: cfr.gov.mt...

AEOI Implementing Guidelines

Version 4 of the Implementing Guidelines on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information is available for download from the CfR website. A guideline in relation to a change of reporting deadline for reporting year 2020 has also been published.    ...

Transfer Pricing – enabling provision

The Budget Measures Implementation Act has introduced an enabling provision in the Income Tax Act which empowers the Minister of Finance to enact rules in relation to transfer pricing. The new article 51 of the Income Tax Act states that such rules may provide for...