By means of Legal Notice 147 of 2024, the Government of Malta has published new rules relating to the taxation of income derived from sports activities.
The rules apply to individuals who derives income from an employment, consisting of emoluments for services to which these rules apply, unless he or she opts to have the said income charged to tax at the standard
rates laid. Such individuals will be charged to tax on all such income at the rate of 7.5% of the gross amount of the income so derived.
The tax chargeable shall be final and no set-off or refund shall be granted to any person in respect of the tax so charged.
These rules apply to services that are provided in the course of a sports activity, or that are directly related to a sports activity, and that are provided on a full-time or part-time basis by an individual in his capacity as:
(a) a registered player or athlete
(b) a licensed coach
(c) a licensed match official
(d) a match analyst
(e) a team manager or sporting director
(f) a sport administrator
(g) a team doctor
(h) a team physiotherapist
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