With effect from 1 January 2020 the rate of interest applicable in terms of article 21(4) of the VAT Act shall be reduced from 0.54% to 0.33%. This amendment was introduced by LN 303 of 2019 published on 19 November 2019....
Item 12(1) of Part 2 of the Fifth Schedule to the VAT Act has been revised in virtue of LN 302 of 2019, published on 19 November 2019. The revised provision extends the exemption for education services to: vocational training or retraining provided by a Government...
The Council of the EU has reached an agreement on the amendments to the VAT Directive in relation to SMEs. The objective of the amendments is to reduce the administrative burden and compliance costs for SMES, and in particular addresses SMEs operating in a cross-border...
These are some of the main fiscal measures announced by the Minister for Finance in the Budget Speech for 2020: Income Tax A reduced rate of tax of 15% on the first 100 hours of employee overtime, for employees with a basic salary of under €20,000. ...
Further to the publication of Legal Notices 249 - 253 of 2019 amending the VAT Act and the Recapitulative Statement of Intra-Community Transactions Regulations (see MIT Tax News of 7 October 2019) the office of the CfR has published Guidelines on the new provisions of the legislation. A...
On 4 October 2019, amendments to the VAT Act implementing the provisions of Council Directive (EU) 2018/1910 (part of the package introducing the so-called “Quick Fixes”), were published. These amendments enter into effect on 1 January 2020. The changes introduced are summarised below: Chain Transactions LN 250 of...
The Malta Institute of Taxation has been re-appointed to the EU VAT Expert Group for another 3-year term, commencing 1 October 2019. The VAT Expert Group assists and advises the European Commission on VAT matters, in particular, on the development and implementation of VAT policies. It...
In the run-up to 1 January 2020, the date of entry into force of Council Directive (EU) 2018/1910, Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1912, and Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1909, the EU Commission services is in the process of preparing Explanatory Notes which are intended to clarify...
The Office of the CfR has issued an alert notice concerning scam letters sent to VAT-registered persons. The notice can be accessed here....
