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Malta 3rd International STEP Conference 2018
“International communities are at a crossroads to find a balance between data protection of individuals and adopting a transparency policy to combat tax avoidance and evasion. This is being done so as to have a just distribution of wealth and to safeguard citizens from the financing of terrorism”, explained Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna. This was…
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Jitnieda pjan strateġiku kontra l-ħasil tal-flus u finanzjar ta’ terroriżmu
“Malta hija determinata u kommessa li tippreveni, issib u tipproċedi kontra attivitajiet ta’ ħasil ta’ flus u finanzjar ta’ terroriżmu. Huwa għalhekk li ħejjejna qafas istituzzjonali biex josserva, jiġbor informazzjoni fuq, u jieħu kull azzjoni neċessarja kontra reati finanzjarji”, sostna l-Ministru għall-Finanzi Edward Scicluna waqt it-tnedija ta’ pjan strateġiku nazzjonali kontra l-ħasil ta’ flus u…
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Deċiżjonijiet infurmati dwar futur inċert
Kulħadd ikun jixtieq li kull deċiżjoni li jieħu tkun l-aħjar waħda. Kull deċiżjoni li tieħu llum, tkun xi tkun, kbira jew żgħira, ma jkollix biss l-effett fuq il-preżent imma wkoll fuq il-futur. Ikun tajjeb għalhekk li kieku tkun taf x’se jġib miegħu l-futur, li mhux il-każ. L-isfortuna hi li f’ħafna drabi dak li tiddeċiedi llum…
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The 12th MIM International Tax Conference
“A fortnight ago, less than a week after the publication by the OECD of its Interim Report on the implications of digitalisation for taxation, the European Commission issued several proposals on a Fair and Effective Tax System in the EU for the Digital Single Market, including a directive proposal on a Digital Services Tax, a…
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Meeting with high-level delegation from MAPFRE
During a courtesy visit by top officials from MAPFRE, Minister Edward Scicluna stated that “Malta’s positive economic growth is expected to be a prolonged one. We have full employment to sustain this growth, together with an elastic labour force and a strong inflow of foreign workers. At the same time, we have managed to keep…
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Ftehim li jgħin lin-negozji jkollhom aċċess għall-finanzi
Ġie ffirmat ftehim bejn il-korporazzjoni Malta Enterprise, Malta Industrial Parks u l-bank li ġie mwaqqaf ftit ta’ xhur ilu, Malta Development Bank, fil-preżenza tal-Ministru għall-Ekonomija, l-Investiment u n-Negozji Żgħar Chris Cardona u l-Ministru għall-Finanzi Edward Scicluna. Din il-kollobarazzjoni għanda l-għan li tgħin negozji ta’ kull daqs ġejjin minn setturi differenti jikkwalifikaw għal self kummerċjali. STQARRIJA…
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Central Government debt down by €261 million in the first two months
Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna welcomes the latest Government Finance Data published by the NSO which shows that at the end of February 2018, Central Government Debt decreased from €5,670 million in February 2017 to €5,409 million, down by €261 million or 4.6 per cent. PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE This confirms that…
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European Commission’s Malta Country Report 2018
“On April 11th, the government will be communicating a strategic plan to strengthen its institutions, combat money laundering and fight tax evasion after engaging an international consultancy firm which carried out a national risk assessment of the financial institutions. To oversee the implementation of this plan, a National Coordinating Committee, with its own permanent secretariat,…
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Il-vot tal-PE favur sistema ta’ taxxi ġdida.. X’IMPATT GĦANDU FUQ PAJJIŻNA?
Fost is-suġġetti l-aktar mitħaddta fil-jiem li għaddew kien hemm dak dwar it-taxxa, primarjament fuq skala Ewropea. Kien hemm rapporti dwar x’kien diskuss u miftiehem fil-Kunsill tal-Ministri, fil-Kummissjoni Ewropea u anke rapporti dwar stqarrijiet pubbliċi u mal-midja li saru mill-Kummissarju tat-Taxxi Ewropew. Stqarrijiet li ma tantx kienu sbieħ u li mbagħad ingħaqad kollox ma’ kollox bil-vot…
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FISCALIS Conference on the implementing rules on the VAT E-Commerce Directive
Things are changing everywhere around us and such changes have also affected the way we do things. Today, technology has advanced to a point that it is no longer necessary to have your physical presence in a shop to purchase a product. You just stay at home, log into the internet, and make an online…