Malta’s 5% effective tax or Cyprus’s new 15% flat rate? We compare company tax, dividends, non-dom rules, set-up and residence under the 2026 rules.
Malta vs Cyprus: Company Formation and Tax Compared (2026) Read More »
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana presented Malta’s Budget for 2027 to Parliament on 26 October 2026. For companies and the self-employed, the Budget speech announces a lower tax rate for small companies on the profits they keep in the business, stricter VAT enforcement, higher fees for employing workers from outside the EU and new levies on
Malta Budget 2027 for Businesses: Tax, VAT and Employer Measures Read More »
More and more international traders — whether they deal in shares, forex, CFDs or cryptocurrency — look to Malta to legally reduce the tax burden on their profits. But the question is almost always framed the wrong way: there is no single “trading tax in Malta”. There is a system that treats someone who invests
Trading Tax in Malta: A Complete Guide for Traders and Investors Read More »
Malta is often associated with an attractive 5% effective corporate tax rate for companies. However, this figure is frequently misunderstood. A Maltese company does not simply pay 5% tax directly on its profits. In most cases, the company is first taxed at the standard corporate income tax rate of 35%. The 5% effective rate is
Malta 5% Corporate Tax Explained: how does it really work? Read More »
“Malta or Dubai?” is one of the most common questions we hear from entrepreneurs comparing low-tax jurisdictions. Both are genuinely attractive — but they solve different problems, and the headline tax rates hide the part of the decision that actually matters. This guide compares Malta and Dubai (UAE) on corporate tax, personal tax, real costs,