Malta Budget 2013: Tax Exemptions for Domestic Mergers and Group Restructuring

Jan. 28, 2013 - PRLog -- Malta Budget 2013: Key highlights for companies doing business in Malta

Tax Exemption for Corporations

Tax exemption may be available for domestic mergers and group restructuring if the company can prove that the merger/division is for genuine economic reasons. Certain terms and conditions apply.

Personal Income Tax

Maximum Income tax rate will be reduced from 35% to 25% over the next three years for Maltese resident individuals whose chargeable income does not exceed EUR 60,000.

Social Security Contributions

Effective January 2013, parents who stop working to support their children with an intention to resume their job later, will be credited one year social security contributions per child and for disabled children, two years’ social security contribution per child. This provision is only available to parent’s born between January 1, 1952 and January 1, 1961.

Child Allowance

Annual child allowance will be increased from EUR 350 to EUR 450 per child. For families earning minimum wages, the rate will be further increased.

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