On 10 April 2014, Malta and the Republic of Moldova signed an Agreement on the Avoidance of Double Taxation. The Agreement on the Avoidance of Double Taxation, the first ever between the two jurisdictions, seeks to enhance bilateral trade and to increase investment. The main features of the Agreement on the Avoidance of Double Taxation are...
The ‘Treaty for the Elimination of Double Taxation’ signed by Malta and the Principality of Liechtenstein on 27 September 2013 has entered into force on 1 July 2014 by Legal Notice 259 of 2014. The treaty is based on the OECD Model Convention and relates to taxes on income, on capital and on funds. The treaty...
The Government of Malta and the Government of the China have signed a 5-year Medium-Term Cooperation Plan which will take the already well established cooperation between the two countries to another level. This is the first formal Medium-Term Cooperation Plan that China signed with a European country. Pursuant to the Cooperation Plan, Malta and China...
The concept of ‘family trust’ was recently introduced into the Maltese trust regulatory framework pursuant to the publication of the Trusts and Trustees (Amendment) Act on 25 April 2014. The “family trust” is an instrument which allows the setting up of a trust to hold property of a settlor for the present and future needs of...
A technical analysis of wealth management instruments and investments funds in Malta is being organised by FinanceMalta, a public-private initiative set up to promote Malta as an international financial centre, in Milano, Italy on Wednesday 7 May 2014 between 1530 hours and 1845 hours at Star Hotel Rosa, Piazza Fontana, Milano. The event will be in Italian...
The Russian Federal Council has approved the Malta-Russia Double Taxation Treaty on 26 March 2014 and Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the law ratifying such treaty on 2 April 2014. The Double Taxation Treaty had been signed on 14 April 2013 and approved by the State Duma on 21 March 2014. Malta had ratified the...
Transport Malta has announced that Malta’s ship registry has grown by 13.6%. As a result, Malta is now the largest merchant flag in the European Union and the seventh worldwide. Over the past year there has also been a growth of 18.1% in super yacht registration, with a total of 398 super yachts registered under...
Malta and the United States of America have signed ?a bilateral inter-governmental agreement to improve international tax compliance and to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on Monday 16 December 2013. FATCA improves international tax compliance through mutual assistance in tax matters based on an effective infrastructure for the automatic exchange of information...
Malta and the Cayman Islands have recently signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement. The TIEA, which provides for a full exchange of information between the two jurisdictions on tax matters, was signed on 25 November 2013 at the Malta High Commission in London. Both Malta and the Cayman Islands are members of the OECD Global...
Malta has been awarded “most favoured domicile in Europe” in the Hedge Fund Service Provider rankings 2013 by Hedge Fund Review, a reputable publication for the alternative investment industry. Malta rose to first place from third place in 2012. The online vote was open to individuals from single-manager hedge funds or FoHF organisations and investors, such...
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