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Date held: 15th & 22nd April 2020 Author: Christabel Spiteri In general tax, is a sensitive subject. Why? Because nobody enjoys paying it. However, most fail to understand that it is necessary to provide us with essential state infrastructure and services. Value Added Tax, or VAT, is a form of indirect taxation that is normally referred to as a general, broadly based consumption tax assessed... Read More

Date held: 11th March 2020 Author: Charles Vella In this seminar we covered or rather navigated through the intricacies associated with Yachting and Aviation operations in Malta from a VAT perspective. The Yachting sector in particular, helped in no small measure by Malta’s strategic position in the Mediterranean, its favourable all-year round mild climate and Government’s pro-business approach, has seen a sustained growth in recent... Read More

Date held: 14th & 21st May 2020 Author: Charles Vella In this seminar we covered the VAT treatment for Insurance and Financial services, in two sessions, one devoted to the technical aspect and the second to the practical aspect. The Financial Services sector in Malta has grown exponentially these last years in line with the economy. From a sector serving the domestic market up to... Read More

Author: Paul Zammit & John Debattista On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially declared that COVID-19 can be characterised as a ‘pandemic’. A pandemic is a strong, exceptional form of epidemic, in terms of its geographic reach. Whilst the health-related implications of a pandemic can be read in the WHO’s official communication in this link, the economic pinch of efforts made to... Read More

Date: Thursday 27th February 2020 Author: Brandon Gatt The deduction system inherent  in the EU VAT Law has been designed to relieve businesses from the burden of the VAT payable or paid in the course of their economic activities. It also promotes tax neutrality. The common system of VAT ensures that all economic activities are taxed in wholly neutral way. This is based on the... Read More