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...

CFE Tax Top 5 (8 November 2021)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: World Leaders Endorse Global Tax Deal Tax Implications of COP26: World’s Climate Policy Summit Register Now: CFE Conference on ‘Professional Judgment in Tax Planning” on 25 November 2021 EU Commission 2022 Work Programme...

Rates of excise duty revised

LN 429 of 2021 published on 9 November 2021 has revised the rates of excise duty of unleaded petrol and 'Gas Oil' as defined....

2022 version of the Combined Nomenclature

The European Commission has published the 2022 version of the Combined Nomenclature (CN codes), which reflects the latest version of the Harmonised System (HS). The Combined Nomenclature inter alia determines which rate of customs duty applies on the importation of goods.   source: ec.europe.eu...