New measures have been adopted which will allow EU Member States to put in place a temporary VAT exemption for vaccines and testing kits being sold to hospitals, doctors and individuals, as well as closely related services (see Commission Proposal of 28 October 2020). Currently, Member...
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...
The CFE 13th European Conference on Tax Advisers’ Professional Affairs on the topic “Taxpayer Rights and Legal Certainty in the Digital Era” will take place ONLINE via Zoom on Monday 30 November 2020 from 3:30 to 5:00 CET. "The webinar conference will welcome tax experts and...
In terms of Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1662 of 3 November 2020 Malta's request to continue to apply a special measure derogating from Article 287 of Directive 2006/112/EC, and to increase the threshold for small undertakings, was acceded to. To date a €20,000 threshold applies to...
LN 427 of 2020 published on 10 November 2020 has amended the Duty on the Acquisition of the Second Immovable Property to be used as Sole Residence (Exemption) Order [LN 364.17], implementing the announcement in the Budget for 2020, extending the application of the order...
The VAT Commitee Guidelines have been updated to add a guideline issued pursuant to the 116th Meeting of 12 June 2020 in connection with the application of the exemption (with credit) for Intra-EC Supplies in terms of article 138(1) of Directive 2006/112EC, when the customer...
The office of the CfR has notified that as from 1st November 2020 delegated or assigned CFR online services can only be accessed if authorised through CFR03 or CFR02. source: cfr.gov.mt ...
The VAT rules for financial and insurance services, in particular, the exemptions in article 135 of Directive 2006/112, are criticised for being complex, difficult to apply and for not having kept pace with the developments of new services in the sector. The European Commission had already...
In the 2021 Budget Speech of 19 October 2020 the Minister of Finance and Financial Services announced an increase in the threshold for small undertakings from €20,000 to €30,000. The current thresholds for registration as a small undertaking are set out in Part 1, item...
