🇲🇹 Malta Tax Residency

183-day physical-presence rule. Top personal rate 35%. Effective corporate rate 5%. Updated for 2026.

Headline rates

Days threshold
183
days
Personal top
35%
Capital gains
35%
Dividends
0%
Corporate effective
5%
Wealth taxNo
Exit taxNo
Corporate headline35%
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How the corporate effective rate is achieved

6/7ths refund on dividends to non-Maltese shareholders. Statutory 35%, effective 5% via imputation system. Operational since 1994.

Alternative residency routes

Ordinary Residence Scheme (60 days + economic ties); MRP/MGRP for HNWI; "ordinarily resident not domiciled" status — foreign income only taxed if remitted to Malta.

Notes

EU member. Non-dom regime makes Malta one of the most favourable EU jurisdictions for individuals with foreign income. Substance requirements increasingly enforced post-BEPS.

Compare Malta with 19 other jurisdictions

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