Transfer Pricing Rules Consultation
The Office of the CfR has issued the draft Transfer Pricing rules for public consultation. The draft rules can be viewed here. The consultation period ends on 28 February 2022....
22 December 2021
FSS Updates
The Office of the CfR has published the following FSS updates: Reporting of part time and overtime in FSS documents as from 01/01/2022 Social Security and Maternity Fund Contributions rates FSS documents and Electronic Lodgement Specifications Click here to view the CfR announcement....
15 December 2021
Access to SFTP server – CRS, FATCA, CbCR
The Office of the CfR has announced that access to the SFTP server by data providers for the purposes of upload of CRS, FATCA and CbCR reports will not be available. The server will be available again on the 20th December 2021 and access to the server...
8 December 2021
Corporate tax return e-filing deadline extended
The Commissioner for Revenue has announced that the electronic filing deadline for year of assessment 2021 income tax returns in respect of companies having a 31 December 2020 accounting year-end is being further extended to Wednesday 1st December 2021....
29 November 2021
Guidelines on the Income Tax and Stamp Duty Benefits on Certain Property Transfers
Further to the publication of LN 461 of 2021 (see MIT news 28 November 2021), the Office of the CfR has published guidelines on the Income Tax and Stamp Duty Benefits on Certain Property Transfers announced in the Budget for 2022. The guidelines can be downloaded...
29 November 2021
Tax and duty exemption on transfers of older, vacant properties
Further to the announcement in the Budget for 2022 of the introduction of a tax exemption on first €750,000 on transfers of certain property (property constructed over 20 years ago which has been vacant for 7 years, property in an UCA or property with traditional...
28 November 2021
CFE Tax Top 5 (15 November 2021)
This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: European Parliament Adopts Public Country-by-Country Reporting Legislation Carbon Trading Mechanism Agreed at COP26: World’s Climate Policy Summit Register Now: CFE Conference on “Professional Judgment in Tax Planning” on 25 November 2021 Tax Inspectors...
19 November 2021
DAC6 Guidelines updated
The Office of the CfR has issued version 1.1 of the Guidelines on the Mandatory Automatic Exchange of Information in relation to Cross-Border Arrangements. The updated guidelines are available for download from the CfR Website. The updates relate to the annual notification of non-disclosing intermediaries in...
19 November 2021
Joint Press Release by the MIT and the IFSP
The Malta Institute of Taxation and the Institute of Financial Services Practitioners have considered the provisions and implications of the Exemption from Tax on Property Transfers (Set-off of Tax Arrears) Rules, S.L. 123.202 (the ‘Rules’) and are of the view that the Rules are not...
13 November 2021