COVID-19 Tax Deferral Scheme Extension

Further to the press release issued by the Ministry for Finance and Financial Services wherein the Minister for Finance Edward Scicluna announced, amongst other measures, the extension of the Tax Deferral Scheme, the Commissioner for Revenue and Malta Enterprise have now announced details relative to the extension of this Scheme.

The deferral measure covers the obligation on the part of enterprises, including the self-employed, to pay provisional tax, employee taxes, maternity fund payments and social security contributions, the social security contributions of self-employed persons, and VAT generally – this has now been extended to cover taxes for the periods April through to June 2020.