Malta Tax Services & Advisory - GVZH Advocates
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Why Malta?
Malta: An EU-Regulated Tax Jurisdiction
Our role is to help you navigate this legal, well-regulated tax framework responsibly and strategically.
Malta is a fully transparent and cooperative jurisdiction, regulated under EU law and OECD standards. The country’s tax system is:
Built on substance and transparency
Subject to EU directives (ATAD & DAC6 compliance)
Designed to encourage investment through recognised incentives
Underpinned by robust anti-abuse and anti-avoidance legislation
What we Offer?
Corporate Tax Advisory
Personal Tax & Relocation Advice
Expert guidance on tax residency, work permits, expatriate schemes, and family relocation support, ensuring full legal compliance.
International Tax Planning
Legal use of Malta’s 80+ double tax treaties and adherence to cross-border regulations for businesses and individuals.
VAT & Indirect Tax
Compliance & Substance Advisory
Ensure your business meets all economic substance requirements, transparency obligations, and reporting standards.
Why GVZH?
We operate within the boundaries of Maltese law and EU tax regulation.
Our team comprises lawyers, accountants, and advisors with extensive cross-sector experience.
We provide strategic insights, not shortcuts.
Our clients trust us to build tax solutions that withstand scrutiny—from auditors to regulators.
Malta’s Tax Framework and EU Compliance
In recent years, Malta has sought to balance its fiscal sovereignty with the need to eliminate fiscal competition within the European Union. As a leading financial services jurisdiction, Malta has embraced tax transparency obligations, requiring more synergies and exchange of information between local and overseas tax authorities. Malta provides an extensive double tax treaty network, a full imputation and tax credit refund system, together with a Participation Holding and Exemption regime, which has a proven track record with local and international businesses.
Indirect Taxes and Duties
Malta has recently transposed transfer pricing rules within its Income Tax Act, and in conformity to the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directives. Our tax team works to structure commercial arrangements in a manner that reflects economic reality. Our tax team focuses its attention on ensuring substance is established and maintained in Malta whilst taking into consideration applicable governmental incentives through the leveraging of Notional Interest Deduction Rules; a patent box regime to drive innovation, and other similar incentives and programs to bolster economic activity in Malta. Our support also extends to indirect taxes such as VAT, Eco-Contributions, Stamp Duty, Excise Duties, and Import Duties.
Individual Taxation and Residency Programs
From an individual perspective, Malta provides various work and residency programs, which comprise competitive tax rates incentivising relocation to Malta. To this effect, our tax team assists private clients with the provision of routine tax compliance and bespoke advisory services.
