Guernsey Concludes Comprehensive DTA With Malta 21/3/2012
Guernsey has announced the signing of a comprehensive Double Taxation Agreement with Malta, which will allocate the territories' taxing rights to ensure that double taxation is removed from bilateral trade and investment, and also permit tax information exchange on request.

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Malta, Saudi Arabia To Sign Double Tax Pact 4/1/2012
Malta and Saudi Arabia are to sign a double tax agreement during the official visit of Malta's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tonio Borg, the Maltese government said on January 2.

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Hong Kong, Malta Sign DTA 9/11/2011
On November 8, Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, and Malta’s Ambassador to China, Joseph Cassar, signed a double taxation agreement between Hong Kong and Malta.

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Switzerland Submits 6 DTAs For Approval 5/9/2011
The Swiss Federal Council has submitted six double tax agreements, with South Korea, Malta, Romania, Sweden, Singapore and Slovakia, to parliament for approval.

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Israel Boosts Tax Treaty Network 16/8/2011
The Israeli government has announced that double tax avoidance treaties have been signed and initialled with Malta and Panama respectively.

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Malta Signs Double Tax Pact With Israel 1/8/2011
Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Toni Borg visited Israel on July 28 and signed an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation with Israel Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman.

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Switzerland Signs DTA With Malta 1/3/2011
Switzerland and Malta have signed a new Double Tax Agreement, designed to further the positive development of bilateral economic relations and foster the exchange of information.

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Malta, Switzerland Revise Double Tax Pact 10/2/2011
The Swiss government on February 8 announced the conclusion of negotiations with Maltese authorities towards the revision of a convention for the avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion to include provisions for the exchange of tax information, with both parties' initialling the text.

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EU Launches Multi-Year Review Of Cross-Border Taxation 23/12/2010
The European Commission has published a Consultation, which marks the commencement of a comprehensive multi-year review of the major cross-border issues faced by EU citizens, and proposes solutions for them.

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Malta, US DTA Ratified 26/11/2010
During a ceremony in Valletta on November 23, Malta’s Finance Minister, Tonio Fenech, pictured, and the United States Ambassador to Malta, Douglas Kmiec, exchanged instruments of ratification for the double taxation treaty between the two countries.

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China, Malta Sign Tax Agreement 27/10/2010
The Maltese minister of finance, the economy and investment Tonio Fenech and minister for taxation of the People’s Republic of China Xiao Jie have signed a new Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation.

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Tax Treaty Deters Shipowner From Using NIS Flag 6/10/2010
Seatrans, a Bergen based shipping company, is planning to reflag nine chemical tankers and one paper carrier to Malta by the end of the year.

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Lugar Welcomes Passage Of US Tax Treaties 20/7/2010
US Senator Dick Lugar has praised the Senate for giving its advice and consent to the US-Malta tax treaty and the protocol amending the existing US-New Zealand tax treaty.

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Malta Clinches DTAs With China, Uruguay 15/7/2010
The Maltese government announced on July 13 that it had concluded negotiations with China towards revising the convention for the avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion the two countries share. The government said the agreement, and another double tax treaty with Uruguay, would be signed during 2010 as part of the territory’s efforts to expand its network of such agreements.

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Malta, Germany Revise Double Tax Treaty 18/6/2010
The governments of Malta and Germany signed a new protocol to the double tax convention in force since 2001 to include protocols for the exchange of tax information upon request.

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Jersey To Ratify Maltese DTA 7/6/2010
Jersey’s legislative assembly, the States, is expected to ratify the convention for the avoidance of double taxation and fiscal evasion signed with Malta on January 25, 2010 when the text is tabled on June 8.

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Bahrain, Malta Sign DTA 13/4/2010
Bahrain’s Minister of Finance, Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, and Malta’s Minister of Finance, Economy and Investment, Tonio Fenech, have signed a double taxation agreement between their two countries.

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Malta's Finance Centre Grows 13/4/2010
The Maltese economy was buoyed by significant growth in the island’s financial services sector during 2009, according to the island’s Minister for Finance, the Economy and Investment, Tonio Fenech.

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Hong Kong Property Taxes Reviewed 16/3/2010
Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, John C Tsang, made the traditional post-budget speech at the Joint Business Community Luncheon on March 12 and, in particular, reviewed the tax measures taken to increase the transaction cost of property speculation so as to reduce the risk of a property bubble being created.

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NZ Emissions 'Tax' Attacked 15/3/2010
The ACT New Zealand Party, a member of the country’s present coalition government, has continued its opposition to New Zealand’s new carbon emissions trading scheme, calling it a tax that will increase inflation in the economy.

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Australia Promised Full Debate On Tax Review 15/3/2010
Following indications that the Australian government was thinking of a delay to the release of the Henry tax review, the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has now confirmed that it will be issued in good time for a full debate on any proposed tax changes.

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Orascom Loses Algerian Tax Appeal 12/3/2010
Egyptian telecom company, Orascom Telecom, has announced that its Algerian subsidiary, Orascom Telecom Algérie, has received a rejection to its appeal, made in December last year, against the notice for taxes and penalties it had received from the Algerian tax authorities the month previously.

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Switzerland, Slovakia Initial Revised DTA 12/3/2010
It has recently emerged that Switzerland and Slovakia have initialled a revised bilateral double taxation agreement, containing the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s standard on tax information exchange.

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UK Budget To Hit The Rich 12/3/2010
Wealthy individuals may have less than two weeks to put plans in place to reduce the tax impact of the Chancellor’s pre-election Budget, warns PKF Accountants and business advisers.

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Germany Approves Liechtenstein TIEA 15/3/2010
Germany’s Cabinet has recently approved a bill pertaining to the bilateral tax information exchange agreement with Liechtenstein.

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