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Malta BudgetGuide

Policy direction

Financial-services regulatory and administrative development

The regulator and MFSAC will continue developing the framework for family offices, crypto companies, fintech and aircraft leasing.

Budget 2027Announced

Amount

Not specified

Previous

No direct comparator

Effective from

Awaiting guidance

What it means

These four areas are named as growing niches in Malta. This is regulatory and administrative development to attract investment, not an announced sector-specific tax concession or an entitlement to funding.

Affects: Companies & SMEs, Economy.

Still to be confirmed

  • Specific regulatory measures and implementation milestones.

Sources

  • Diskors tal-Budget 2027, Ministry for Finance (Malta), 2026-10-26. Printed p. 55 (PDF p. 59)

Related measures

Budget 2027Rules pendingProposed reform

Small company 25% tax on retained profit

A 25% tax rate on retained or reinvested profit is announced for qualifying companies with turnover not above €1 million, compared with 35% on distributed profit.

25% on retained profit

Proposed rules; implementation not confirmed.

Speech printed p. 34 · PDF p. 38

Budget 2027AnnouncedForecast / target

Economic forecast 2027

The Budget projects 2027 real GDP growth of 3.8%, unemployment of 3.2% and inflation of 2.7%.

GDP 3.8%; unemployment 3.2%; inflation 2.7%

Forecast or target—not a guaranteed outcome.

Speech printed p. 14 · PDF p. 18

Budget 2027Rules pendingProposed reform

Taxation of air space transfers

New rules require fuller disclosure of the total price in development deals involving the sale of air space.

Proposed rules; implementation not confirmed.

Speech printed p. 42 · PDF p. 46