The Malta Association of Family Enterprises (MAFE) in collaboration with BOV has organised the ‘Family business Act: Half-Day Seminar and Discussion Workshop’ where the challenges of family businesses were outlined and discussed in line with the incentives of the proposed Family Business Act.
15 Oct 2013 Justine Bielik
The Exchange of Information Agreement with Macau awaits ratification.
11 Oct 2013 David Joseph Borg
Malta is seeking to expand its financial sector by exploiting new opportunities in order to develop its financial services infrastructure, including its securities market. The capital market structures in the pipeline should provide the adequate stimulus for boutique exchanges and technology-based market platforms to flourish and succeed.
04 Oct 2013 Justine Bielik
On 27th September 2013, Liechtenstein and Malta signed a double tax treaty.
01 Oct 2013 David Joseph Borg
Malta’s tax system and practices are in conformity with international standards of transparency and exchange of tax information.Malta’s legal framework ensures that the competent authority has direct access to information concerning ownership, accounting and banking as required by the OECD.
01 Oct 2013 cgrima
A Bill preventing the victimization of trafficked persons within the employment sector is to amend the Criminal Code by introducing a new crime in relation to any person who knowingly makes use of the services or labour of a trafficked person or somehow benefits there from. This amendment stems to a certain extent from Directive 2011/36/EU which deals with the prevention and combat trafficking of human beings. A compensation for victims of human trafficking offences is also contemplated in the Bill.
Dr. Jean-Phillipe Chetcuti, managing partner, head of the Tax and Trusts Units, will be acting as a mentor for the Malta NEXT Event held at SmartCity Malta. Selected by the Event Coordinator Jaroslaw Bialek, the mentor will provide the educational basis of the NEXT programme through constructive and valuable feedback.
An overview of the Malta Citizenship Programme, Malta's own economic passport system for the granting of citizenship by investment. The Malta Citizenship Programme is now open.
30 Sep 2013 Chetcuti Cauchi
Exemption for royalties received from patents in relation to inventions
27 Sep 2013 cgrima
Member States, in this case Italy, are prohibited from restricting access to cross-border market in order to protect national companies as well as for protecting in this case Italian gamers from "phishing". In the preliminary ruling, the CJEU reiterated that Articles 43 and 49 EC shall be interpreted as precluding national legislation from imposing on any person a criminal penalty for failure to adhere to such national legislation where the latter is in breach of European Union law.