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ARTICLE · 31 MARCH 2023

Update On The Pensions (Tax Exemption) Rules

A new legal notice, published on 3 March 2023, updates the thresholds indicated in the Pensions (Tax Exemption) Rules, originally introduced in 2022.

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André Zarb
André Zarb
Anthony  Pace
Anthony Pace
Doreen Fenech
Doreen Fenech
John Ellul Sullivan
John Ellul Sullivan
Simon Xuereb
Simon Xuereb
Lisa Zarb Mizzi
Lisa Zarb Mizzi
Paul Pace Ross
Paul Pace Ross
Roderick Borg
Roderick Borg
Shirley Vella
Shirley Vella
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A new legal notice, published on 3 March 2023, updates the thresholds indicated in the Pensions (Tax Exemption) Rules, originally introduced in 2022.

The updated amounts shall be applicable on pension income derived on, or after 1 January 2023, by an individual, who is at least sixty-one (61) years old in the year in which the pension income is received. The updated amounts are as follows:

Applicability of the exemption Amount exempt

Pension income derived in the year immediately preceding the year of assessment 2023

Twenty per cent (20%), but not exceeding two thousand, eight hundred and sixty-four euro (€2,864)

Pension income derived in the year immediately preceding the year of assessment 2024

Forty per cent (40%), but not exceeding five thousand, nine hundred and eighty-seven euro (€5,987)

Pension income derived in the year immediately preceding the year of assessment 2025

Sixty per cent (60%), but not exceeding eight thousand, nine hundred and eighty-one euro (€8,981)

Pension income derived in the year immediately preceding the year of assessment 2026

Eighty per cent (80%), but not exceeding eleven thousand, nine hundred and seventy-four euro (€11,974)

Pension income derived in the year immediately preceding the year of assessment 2027 and in subsequent years

One hundred per cent (100%), but not exceeding fourteen thousand, nine hundred and sixty-eight euro (€14,968).


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