Malta publishes guidance note on pillar 2 global minimum tax 

March 08, 2024

Malta's Commissioner for Revenue released a Guidance Note on the European Union Global Minimum Level of Taxation for Multinational Enterprise Groups and Large-Scale Domestic Groups Regulations 2024. This guide clarifies Malta’s partial

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Malta: Deadline extended for e-filing of corporate tax returns in 2024

March 07, 2024

On 28 February 2024, Malta’s Commissioner for Tax and Customs announced that it extended the deadlines for the electronic filing of income tax returns for companies in 2024. The updated deadlines for manual and electronic filing return deadlines

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Malta to partly enact pillar 2 global minimum tax 

February 28, 2024

On 20 February 2024, Malta published Legal Notice No. 32 of 2024 in the Official Gazette, which outlines the provisions of the global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups in the European Union

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Malta Issues guidelines on reduced VAT on pleasure boat hiring

February 01, 2024

On 31 January 2024, Malta’s Commissioner for Revenue issued Guidelines for the application of the 12% VAT rate on the hiring of pleasure boats. This follows after the recent amendments to the Value Added Tax Act, which extended the 12% VAT rate to

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Malta issues news guidelines on tax incentives for investment services and insurance expats

January 23, 2024

On 22 January 2024, Malta’s Commissioner for Revenue released the updated guideline regarding the tax benefits available to investment services and insurance expatriates under Article 6 of the Income Tax Act. The objective of the tax benefits of

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Malta issues guidelines for transfer pricing rules

January 20, 2024

On 19 January 2024, Malta's Commissioner for Revenue published Guidelines in relation to the Transfer Pricing Rules. These guidelines are issued in terms of Article 96(2) of the Income Tax Act (Chapter 123 of the Laws of Malta) and are to be read in

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Malta grants full deduction for IP expenditure from 2024

December 30, 2023

On 28 December 2023, Malta's Commissioner for Revenue declared that starting in 2024, taxpayers can fully deduct any expenditure of a capital nature related to intellectual property or intellectual property rights. The Commissioner for Tax and

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Malta releases guidelines about notional interest deduction (NID) rules 

December 22, 2023

On 20 December 2023, Malta's Commissioner for Revenue published Version 1.1 of the Guidelines in Relation to the Notional Interest Deduction (NID) Rules. The Version 1.1 updates the sections regarding notional interest deduction (NID) approval,

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Malta: CfTC launches DAC7 registration portal

November 14, 2023

On 9 November 2023, the Commissioner for Tax and Customs (CfTC) of Malta launched the registration portal on the reporting obligations of Digital Platform Operators imposed by DAC7 (Council Directive (EU) 2021/514). A Platform Operator must

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Malta pushes back initial DAC7 registration deadline

November 03, 2023

On 27 October 2023, the Maltese Commissioner for Tax and Customs​ notified that Version 1.2 of the updated guidelines on the reporting obligations of Digital Platform Operators imposed by DAC7 (Council Directive (EU) 2021/514), has been issued

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Malta: CFR updates guidelines on the reporting obligations of DAC7

September 05, 2023

On 31 August 2023, the Maltese Commissioner for Revenue (CFR) updated guidelines in relation to the reporting obligations of Digital Platform Operators (DAC7). The DAC7 requirements come into effect on 1 January 2023 into Maltese domestic law. The

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Malta: CFR issued guidelines on the reporting obligations of DAC7

June 27, 2023

On 23 June 2023, the Maltese Commissioner for Revenue (CFR) published a set of guidelines in relation to the reporting obligations of Digital Platform Operators (DAC7). The DAC7 requirements come into effect on 1 January 2023 into Maltese domestic

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Malta: CFR notifies electronic corporate tax return for year of assessment 2023

June 13, 2023

On 8 June 2023, the Maltese Commissioner for Revenue (CFR) notified that the year of assessment 2023 electronic corporate income tax return is now available on online services. The supplemental document in case of a Fiscal Unit will be available for

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Malta: CFR updates FAQs on DAC6

April 19, 2023

On 13 April 2023, the Maltese Commissioner for Revenue (CFR) updated “frequently asked questions” (FAQs) on the Mandatory Automatic Exchange of Information in relation to Cross-Border Arrangements (DAC6). Accordingly, the following questions

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Malta: CFR provides guidelines on DAC6 notification obligations for intermediaries

March 15, 2023

On 8 March 2023, the Maltese Commissioner for Revenue (CFR) provides guidelines in relation to the waiver from filing information in respect of a reportable cross-border arrangement (DAC6). Following the CJEU decision on 8 December 2022, Maltese

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Malta: CFR extends electronic filing deadline of CIT returns for 2023

March 13, 2023

On 8 March 2023, the Maltese Commissioner for Revenue (CFR) notified that the deadlines for the electronic filing of corporate income tax (CIT) have been extended as follows: Financial Year Ending Manual Return Deadline Electronic

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Malta amends the income tax group deduction rules

February 28, 2023

On 21 February 2023, Malta published Legal Notice 40 of 2023 in the Official Gazette amending the income tax group deduction rules. According to the amendments, the total allowable deductions that may be claimed shall not exceed EUR 1 million per

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Malta: CFR extends DAC6 annual notification deadline for non-disclosing intermediaries

February 23, 2023

On 17 February 2023, the Maltese Commissioner for Revenue (CFR) notified that the deadline for annual notification of cross-border arrangements (DAC6) by non-disclosing intermediaries is being extended. Accordingly, non-disclosing intermediaries

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