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Click here to view the December newsletter If you’re thinking about registering a company in Malta, you’ll quickly come across the term Company Service Provider (CSP) or Corporate Service Provider. These are licensed professionals who help you set up and run your Maltese company day-to-day – and picking the right one makes your life so much […]

Click here to view the December newsletter If you operate in Malta, the honest answer is: almost certainly yes – and not just for bookkeeping. Malta’s corporate tax system is generous and flexible, but it is also technical. The full imputation system, complex refund mechanisms and the Fiscal Unit (group taxation) regime can unlock very low […]

Click here to view the December newsletter Thinking about registering a company in Malta and wondering where to open your first business account – and which provider will give you the most practical IBAN setup for your needs? You’ll quickly discover two main options: Both can work. But in real life, more and more Malta-registered companies […]

Click here to view the December newsletter In early 2025, Andreas – a non-EU entrepreneur and UBO (ultimate beneficial owner) of a Cyprus holding and trading company – sat down with his tax advisers with a very specific worry. For the last 8 years, his structure looked like this: The setup worked well: But the landscape […]

Click here to view the December newsletter If you’ve ever looked at your international group structures and thought “this could work better,” Malta is that sunny little dot in the Mediterranean that makes holding-company life a lot more pleasant. One of the reasons? Malta’s Participation Exemption Regime – a set of rules that can reduce tax […]

Click here to view the November newsletter Classic tax-haven playbooks are over. Modern cross-border structuring is transparent, substance-driven, and focused on governance, risk, and access. Malta fits that brief unusually well. What Changed (and why your 2015 plan won’t work in 2025) Transparency is now default. Automatic information exchange (e.g., CRS), beneficial-ownership registers, and bank de-risking […]

Click here to view the November newsletter Malta continues to strengthen its position among Europe’s leading jurisdictions, thanks to its stable economy, EU membership, competitive tax regime, and strategic location between Europe and North Africa. For entrepreneurs and corporations, opening a company in Malta offers a wealth of opportunities – but choosing the right legal structure […]

Click here to view the November newsletter Malta has launched an optional 15% final corporate income tax regime – Final Income Tax Without Imputation (FITWI). If you elect in, the 15% is final (no shareholder refunds or credits), and the election is binding for at least five years. A safeguard ensures your outcome isn’t lower than […]

Click here to view the October newsletter Malta has become a highly attractive jurisdiction for corporate tax planning in Europe, offering companies the opportunity to plan taxation through the creation of a Fiscal Unit. This structure allows groups of companies to submit a single consolidated corporate tax return and pay a flat 5% corporate tax on […]