Budget Measures Implementation Act Published

The Budget Measures Implementation Act - Act XII of 2023 - was published on 4 April 2023. The Act revises the following legislation: the Customs Ordinance the Income Tax Act the Social Security Act the Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act the Income Tax Management Act ...

MIT hosts the first VAT Practitioners’ Forum

The MIT hosted the first VAT Practitioners' Forum on 22 March 2023 at the Notch Conference Centre, Urban Valley Resort. The event, brought by the MIT’s Indirect Tax Technical Committee, featured two panel discussions as well as an opportunity for Q&A. The event was opened by...

ViDA discussions at the EU VAT Expert Group

The 33rd Meeting of the EU VAT Expert Group was held on 14th March 2023. The Malta Institute of Taxation was represented at the meeting by Chief Technical Officer, Sarah Cassar Torregiani. The focus of the meeting was the VAT in the Digital Age Proposals...

CFE Tax Top 5 (13 March 2023)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: EU Relaxes State Aid Rules in Transatlantic Subsidy Race EU Ministers Discuss US-EU Trade Relations & Ukraine OECD Public Consultation on Compliance & Tax Certainty of Global Minimum Tax CFE Statement of...

Excise Duty legislation revised

LN 50 of 2023 has revised the Third and Sixth Schedules to the Excise Duty Act and LN 51 of 2023 has revised the General Arrangements for Excise Duty (Council Directive (EU) 2020/262) Regulations. These amendments implement Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1636 supplementing Council Directive (EU) 2020/262 and...

Tax exemption thresholds for pensions revised

The Pensions (Tax Exemption) Rules have been updated by LN 48 of 2023. The revised rules, which enter into effect from 1 January 2023, update the exemption thresholds for pensions income derived by an individual on or after 1 January 2022....