Investment Aid Regulations revised

A new regulation 8 has been added to the Investment Aid Regulations 2021, pursuant to LN 390 of 2021, which inter alia regulates the computation of the investment tax credit, provides that where the benefitting undertaking distributes the income which was relieved from tax, the dividend...

Commission work programme 2022

The European Commission published its work programme for 2022 on 19 October 2021. The programme includes the following initiatives: A legislative proposal for 2022 under the heading ‘VAT in the digital age’ covering 1) VAT reporting obligations and e-invoicing 2) VAT treatment of the platform...

CFE Tax Top 5 (18 October 2021)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: G20 Endorse International Taxation Agreement Forum on Tax Administration Vows to Investigate Pandora Paper Data Register Now: CFE Conference on “Professional Judgment in Tax Planning” on 25 November 2021 EU Commission Publishes Roadmap...

CFE Tax Top 5 (11 October 2021)

This week'e edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: Historical Agreement on International Taxation Under OECD Auspices EU Updates ‘Blacklist’ of Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions European Parliament Resolution on EU Code of Conduct for Business Taxation EU Climate Policy Support In Advance of...

Focus on enforcement – interest on overdue taxes

In his Budget Speech for 2022 the Minster for Finance and Employment yesterday announced a change to the administrative practices around the granting of a remission for interest on overdue taxes pursuant to SL 372.26. In terms of the legislation the Commissioner may only remit interest...

Malta Budget for 2022 – Highlights

Earlier this evening the Minister for Finance and Employment, the Hon Clyde Caruana, delivered the Budget Speech for 2022, which put social measures and measures addressing sustainability at the forefront. The following is an overview of some of the fiscal measures announced: An increase in the...

The MIT Annual Tax Conference 2021

The Malta Institute of Taxation held its Annual Tax Conference on 6 & 7 October 2021. This year's conference was a virtual event, hosted on the Evowk platform. Click here to view image gallery. Following a welcome address by the President of the Institute, Dr Conrad Cassar...

CFE Tax Top 5 (13 September 2021)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: ECOFIN Discuss International Tax Agreement OECD Paper on Cross-Border Withholding Tax Relief Procedures EU Commission Issues State Aid Decisions for Italian Aviation Sector OECD Podcast on International Corporate Tax Agreement GTAP 2021 Declaration...