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...

Extension of Exemptions under the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act

The Extension of Exemptions (Duty on Documents and Transfers Act) Order, 2021 (LN 460 of 2021) has revised subsidiary legislation issued under the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act, extending the application of the duty exemptions under: the exemption from Duty in terms of Article 23 Order...

Enforcement Measures to Recoup Established Duties and Taxes

The Enforcement Measures to Recoup Established Duties and Taxes Regulations, 2021 have been published under the Import Duties Act pursuant to LN 440 of 2021. The Regulations provide for the power of the Commissioner, in the event of delays in settling duties due on imported goods...

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...

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...

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...

DAC 6: Annual notification by non-disclosing intermediaries

The Office of the CfR has notified that the annual notification by non-disclosing intermediaries that is required in terms of regulation 13(7)(e) of the Cooperation with Other Jurisdictions on Tax Matters Regulations is now available for download from the CfR Website. The deadline for submission of this annual notification...

Rules for setting-off of tax arrears

updated 13 November 2021   The Exemption from Tax on Property Transfers (Set-off of Tax Arrears) Rules, 2021, were published virtue of LN 419 of 2021. The rules apply to any transfer on which tax is chargeable in terms of article 5A of the Income Tax Act that...