This scheme encourages undertakings including start-ups, family businesses and self-employed to invest in their business, so as to innovate, expand and develop their operations. Undertakings benefiting from this measure will be supported through a tax credit calculated as a percentage of eligible expenditure and wages costs.

 

 

 

Who Is eligible?

This incentive is open to all undertakings which satisfy the following criteria;

• The applicant must be an undertaking that for a consecutive three month period during the year in which the costs were incurred did not employ more than thirty persons on full time contracts
• The applicant must be an undertaking whose turnover did not exceed €10 Million in the fiscal year preceding the year in which the application is submitted.
• At the date of application, the applicant must employ at least one person on full or part time basis.
• Unless exempted, applicants should be duly registered with the VAT department.
• Persons or undertakings engaged in activities specifically excluded under the de minimis regulations are not eligible for this incentive.

What is the aid intensity?

Malta Enterprise will approve a tax credit equivalent to 45% of eligible expenditure. An additional bonus of 20% that is, a total of 65% tax credit applies to undertakings operating from Gozo.

• The maximum aid per undertaking.

As from 1st January 2018, the maximum eligible tax credits per single undertaking shall be capped at €50,000 over any period of 3 consecutive fiscal years, starting from eligible expenses incurred and paid for during the period from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017. This capping specified above shall be increased by €20,000 (to a total of €70,000) for undertakings:

1. Operating from Gozo;
2. Registered as a Family Business; and
3. Having more than 50% of the ownership attributed to female persons.

In case of partnerships the eligible amount will be split according to ownership.

Qualifying costs

• Costs claimed must have been invoiced between 1st January and 31st December of the year preceding the year in which the claim is submitted.
• Costs claimed must not be assisted (even partly) through other incentive measures.
• Costs claimed must be covered by the appropriate fiscal documentation.

Ineligible cost

Costs incurred in relation to the following items will not be considered as qualifying;

 

• Purchase of land and/or property.
• Acquisition of works of art, antiques and any assets that are not directly related to the trade and business of applicant.
• Operating costs.
• VAT and other recoverable taxes.
• Vehicle accessories and upgrades unless purchased as an integral part of a commercial vehicle.
• Vehicles that because of their nature can also be used for non-business activities.
• Director’s fees.
• Spare-parts.
• Maintenance costs.
• Subscription and other renewal fees.
• Any individual invoice having a value of less than €200.
• Costs of rented or leased equipment or property.
• Furbishing costs carried out in home-based offices unless a permit identifying the premises as a business premises is presented.
• Project Management fees.
• Transport costs unless included within an invoice covering the procurement of an eligible cost item.
• Promotional material.
• Intellectual Property.
• Web Hosting.
• Uniforms

 

 

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