Private Residential Leases – Tax Rebate

The Private Residential Leases (TaxRebate) Rules, 2020 were published on 23 June 2020 (LN 258 of 2020). The rules provide for a tax rebate (where the option under article 31D(2) of the Income Tax Act for taxation at 15% on the gross rental income has been...

Amendment to the FSS Rules – Qualifying Overtime Income

The Final Settlement System (FSS) Rules (S.L. 123.200) have been revised in virtue of LN 246 of 2020 in connection with the introduction of the reduced rate of 15% on qualifying overtime income announced with the Budget for 2020. See MIT News - Tax on...

Tax on Overtime Rules published

Further to the introduction of article 90B of the Income Tax Act with the Budget Measures Implementation Act, which provides for a 15% tax rate on qualifying overtime income with effect from 1 January 2020, LN 245 of 2020 sets out the rules governing the...

Suspension of Legal Times under the Revenue Acts Order repealed

The Suspension of Legal Times (Revenue Acts) Order, 2020, which was published on 3rd April 2020 (see MIT News 5 April 2020) has been repealed in virtue of LN 242 of 2020. As a result: any legal time that was suspended and that had commenced running before the...

Exemption from Tax on Certain Property Transfers rules published

Following the announcement made on 8 June 2020 concerning the measures for the regeneration of the economy following the COVID-19 pandemic (see MIT News 9 June 2020), the Exemption from Tax on Certain Property Transfers Rules 2020 were published in virtue of LN 241 of...

CfR Guidance on COVID Recovery measures

The Commissioner for Revenue has issued guidance on the recovery measure announced on the 8th June 2020 concerning the reduced rates of income tax and duty on documents and transfers on certain property transfers, specifically: a reduction in the stamp duty of the acquisition of immovable...

COVID-19 Tax Deferral – Update

On 8 June 2020 the Minister for Finance announced that the measure permitting the deferral of the payment of taxes (see MIT News 20 March 2020) will be extended, with regard to some of the eligible taxes, until the end of August. Provisional Tax, VAT and...

Reduction in taxes on property transfers

On 8 June 2020 a package of measures intended to regenerate the economy in the wake of COVID-19 were announced. These measures included: a reduction in the stamp duty of the acquisition of immovable property (residential) from 5% to 1.5%; and a reduction in the final...

Fiscal Unit Registration Guidelines updated

The CfR Guidelines issued upon the launch of the registration process for fiscal units (See MIT News 18 May 2020) have been updated to reflect changes to paragraphs (i) and (vi). Paragraph (i) provides that in order to join or form part of a fiscal unit, a...