CFE Tax Top 5 (7 December 2020)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: CFE’s 13th European Professional Affairs Conference FISC Hearing on Harmful Tax Practices & Distortion of the Single Market OECD Tax Revenue Trend Report EU Council Conclusions on Tax Challenges IAFEI Global 50th...

Taxes in Europe Database

Earlier this week the Malta Institute of Taxation participated in the 28th Meeting of the EU VAT Expert Group during which the Commission presented the Taxes in Europe Database - an online Database which offers structured information on around 650 taxes in the EU (including...

Electronic Tax Residence Certificate service launched

The Office of the CfR has announced a new electronic service - requests for a Tax Residence Certificate can now be made online via the CfR's Income Tax Services Online. [Read more]   source: cfr.gov.mt...

CFE Tax Top 5 (30 November 2020)

This week's edition of the CFE Tax Top 5 looks at the following: France Proceeds With Digital Tax Collection Despite Likely US Tariff Retaliation CFE European Register Webinar: DAC6 EU Mandatory Disclosure Rules – 3 December EU Commission Seeks to Expand Exchange of Information to...

Version change of the CRS and CbC XML schemas

The Commissioner for Revenue has announced that the cut-off date for the version change of the CRS and CbC XML schemas for any domestic reporting is 10 January 2021. Any CRS and CBC XML data files submitted after this date must comply with the new OECD...

Commission roadmap to extend scope of DAC to Crypto-Assets and e-Money (DAC8)

The European Commission published an Inception Impact Assessment on the future revision of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC8). This initiative will amend the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (‘DAC’) to ensure that EU rules stay in line with the evolving economy and include other areas such...

Tax Credits for micro-enterprise & self-employed

LN 444 of 2020 has revised The Tax Credits for Micro-enterprise and the self-employed Regulations [S.L. 463.09]. The changes apply retroactively from 1 September 2020. They include the possibility for Malta Enterprise Corporation, in view of significant distortions in the economy caused by unforeseen events, to...

ECOFIN Report on tax issues

The ECOFIN Report to the EU Council on Tax issues was published on 20 November 2020. It provides an overview of the progress achieved in the Council during the term of the German Presidency, as well as an overview of the state of play of...