Income Tax Exemption – Philanthropic work

By Legal Notice 62 of 2024 the Minister for Finance has named the organisations listed therein as being engaged in philanthropic work, and thus exempt from income tax, including, Aditus Foundation, Fondazzjoni Dar il-Hena and Foodbank Lifeline Foundation Malta....

CFE Tax Top 5 (11 March 2024)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: EESC Opinion on Taxation of Cross-Border Workers CFE ECJ TaskForce Opinion Statement on Joined Cases C-451/21P & C-454/21P Engie State Aid in Deduction/Non-Inclusion Structure in Luxembourg EU Commission Updates Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism...

Guidelines on the 0% VAT for disability aids & devices

Further to the introduction of the exemption (with credit) on supplies to recognised non-profit making organisations of devices and aids, including related goods, which are essential to compensate or overcome disability in humans (See MIT news 26 January 2024),  the MTCA has published guidelines which...

CFE Tax Top 5 (26 February 2024)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: OECD Tax & Development Days EU Commission Opens First Investigation on Foreign Subsidies Under New Regime EU Council Updates List of Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions for Tax Purposes Frankfurt to Host new EU AML...

Proof of Union Status for goods

The Commission has launched the Proof of Union Status system, a platform for the submission and processing of T2L and T2LF data which are a means to prove the Union status of goods in free circulation which have been brought from one point to another...

Excise Duty Act amended

The Second and Sixth Schedules to the Excise Duty Act have been revised by LN 42 of 2024 and LN 43 of 2024. The scope of the amendments is to further implement Council Directive 95/60/EC regarding the fiscal markings of gas oils and kerosene and Council...

Seed investment Scheme Income Tax Rules

The Seed Investment (Income Tax) Rules 2024 were published by LN 45 of 2024, repealing the  Seed Investment (Income Tax) Rules 2022 (See MIT News 20 December 2022). The new rules apply in respect of investments made as from basis year 2024 onwards and shall...

Online tax return deadlines

The MTCA has published the extended deadlines for submission of corporate tax returns online. Click here. As in previous years, the extensions apply to the return submission dates and not to the tax payment deadlines....