Topical issues under the spotlight at first international tax conference

A range of issues related to direct and indirect taxation will be under the spotlight at the first International Tax Conference organised by the Malta Institute of Taxation.

The conference will be held at the Westin Dragonara Resort, St Julian’s, on February 4.

Keynote speaker Christian Amand, chairman of the Indirect Tax Fiscal Committee of the Confédération Fiscale Européenne, will be sharing the Belgian experience of the Vat treatment on management of pensions. He will provide an insight into how Maltese taxpayers may make more use of the European Court of Justice in dealing with some acute cases involving Vat.

The Malta Institute of Taxation is a member of the CFE which was founded in 1959 and embraces 33 national organisations from 24 European states and more than 180,000 tax advisers.

The line-up of professionals addressing the event include Sarah Aquilina, Robert Attard, Juanita Brockdorff, Conrad Cassar Torregiani, James Farrugia, David Ferry, Marvin Gaerty, Neville Gatt and Ramona Piscopo.

Fiscal advantages related to aircraft registration in Malta, fiscal implications of cross-border restructuring, the importance of permanent establishment, VAT treatment of the growing fund industry in Malta, as well as a detailed description of the refunds under the new rules of the Eighth Directive also feature in the programme.

MIT president Renald Micallef said the conference was also dedicating a session to the impact of exchange of information for tax purposes between fiscal authorities, an issue currently being debated across Europe.

The conference, which will be opened by Finance Minister Tonio Fenech and concluded by Shadow Finance Minister Charles Mangion, should be attended by accountants, lawyers, and all working in the field of taxation. It is also of interest to business people.

For more information contact the Malta Institute of Taxation at mit@maintax.org or call 2131 4653.