With money launderers continually searching for better ways of infiltrating the financial system, it has become extremely difficult, if not impossible, to trace the ‘money trail’.

Malta has been gripped in ACTA fever, or rather by ACTA hayfever. I have listened to all sides of the debate, read the Agreement time and time again, made my own comparisons, thoughts and arrived at my own conclusions.

Professor Edward Scicluna, the Minister responsible for Finance, delivered the 2015 Budget Speech on the 12th October 2015.

The international corporate tax framework is set to change with effect from 2024. Under an OECD Inclusive Framework, countries agreed to enact a two-pillar solution to address the challenges...

The Minister of Finance, the Economy and Investment, the Hon. Mr. Tonio Fenech delivered the 2012 Budget Speech on the 14th November 2011 and announced a number of fiscal measures aimed at incentivizing investment and business, amongst others.

The Minister of Finance, the Economy and Investment, the Hon. Mr. Tonio Fenech delivered the 2013 Budget Speech on the 28th November 2012.

The uncertain economic times recently faced by the industry together with the increasingly safety- and security-sensitive environment have had one undeniable effect on owners choosing a jurisdiction for registering their superyacht and this is the instilment of a greater awareness and sensitivity to the advantages that may be offered by a particular flag.

It's difficult to grasp that five years have passed since the coming into force of the GDPR. The much-awaited landmark regulation came into force on the 25th May 2018 and the world of privacy has not looked back.

The EDPB adopted guidelines on the processing of health data for research purposes in the context of the Covid-19 outbreak as well as Guidelines on geolocation and other tracing tools in the context of the Covid-19 outbreak ...

Most people have heard of the trust and the foundation which are available to private individuals in Malta.

On 5 February 2024 the European Council and the European Parliament reached a preliminary agreement on a proposal to regulate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rating activities.

SPECIAL QUARANTINE LEAVE TO BE PAID BY EMPLOYER IN CASES OF MANDATORY QUARANTINE

At Fenech & Fenech Advocates and Fenlex, we believe that a progressive workplace begins with a compassionate culture, one that recognises the realities of life and responds with empathy, flexibility and real support.

Money laundering is a reality. It has become today one of the chief concerns of all governments - and so it should be!

We live, today, within a global economy – one which allows for the easy and immediate transfer of funds from one financial institution to another.

World IP Day is celebrated annually on the 26th April, and this year is no exception.

The Wright Brothers. Steve Jobs. Louis Pasteur. Pablo Picasso. Marie Curie. What do they all have in common?

The recognition and enforcement of private judgments in civil and commercial matters remains to this day, a patchwork of international conventions, local laws and rules which hinder and obstruct the efficient enforcement...

From experience, more often than note, taxpayers with substantial amounts of unsettled tax, social security contributions and VAT are frequently faced with cash liquidity problems and any additional tax, omission tax and interest incurred, resulting in the ballooning of the sums of pure tax in question, in no way help them come forward and clear what is due to the Revenue Departments.

As those involved in this industry are well aware, the subject of VAT in the world of yachting is undoubtedly a hot one, with temperatures reaching a peak during the summer months with the flurry of chartering activity in the Med.