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....

Corporate Tax Return E-filing dates

The extended deadlines for the e-filing of corporate tax returns have been published by the Office of the CfR - view here.    ...

DAC 6 Annual Notification

The Office of the CfR has announced that the Annual Notification due by 31st March 2023 is available for download - view here.​ Notifications shall be made by sending a signed copy of the completed document together with the Excel file to mdr.mfin@gov.mt...

DAC 6 – Guideline on the waiver of reporting obligation

Further to the decision of the CJEU in case C-694/20 (See MIT News 9 December 2022) the Commissioner for Revenue has issued a guideline on the consequences of the judgement - view here.    In addition V1.2 of the DAC6 guidelines has been issued with updates to Section...

Guidance on Article 56(17)

The Office of the CfR has issued guidance on the calculation of the 30-day period for the purposes of article 56(17) of the Income Tax Act. The CfR Notice clarifies that presence in Malta on vacation leave or sick leave is to be disregarded. Furthermore, presence in...

Group Deductions (Income Tax) Rules revised

LN 40 of 2023 has revised the provisos to Rule 3 of the Group Deductions Rules (SL 123.205), which now read: "Provided that the total allowable deductions that may be claimed shall not exceed one million euro(€1,000,000) per group of companies and the total amounts surrendered in...