Malta tax deadlines 2026.

Use this skill whenever asked about Malta income tax for self-employed individuals. Trigger on phrases like "how much tax do I pay", "income tax return", "self-assessment", "allowable deductions", "capital allowances", "provisional tax", "TA22 regime", "TA24", "chargeable income", "tax credits", "self-employed tax Malta", or any question about filing or computing income tax for a self-employed or part-time self-employed client. Also trigger when preparing or reviewing the annual income tax return or a TA22, computing deductible expenses, or advising on provisional tax instalments. NOTE: TA24 is the 15% final tax form for RENTAL income (ITA Art. 31D) — if the user means rental income, see Section 5.11; the self-employed annual filing is the personal Income Tax Return. This skill covers tax rates (single/married/parent), the return working-paper structure, allowable deductions, capital allowances, provisional tax, the TA22 part-time regime, penalties, and interaction with VAT and SSC. ALWAYS read this skill before touching any income tax work.

Use this skill whenever asked about Malta provisional tax (estimated tax) for self-employed or self-occupied individuals. Trigger on phrases like "provisional tax Malta", "estimated tax", "PT instalments", "how much provisional tax do I pay", "20% 30% 50%", "April instalment", "August instalment", "December instalment", "TA24 overpayment", "refund of provisional tax", "Chapter 372", "ITA provisional tax", or any question about Malta's advance income tax payment obligations. Covers the three-instalment schedule (20/30/50), basis of computation (prior year assessment), first-year rules, minimum provisional tax, penalties for late payment, and interaction with the TA24 final assessment. ALWAYS read this skill before touching any Malta provisional tax work.

ALWAYS USE THIS SKILL when a user asks for help preparing their Malta tax returns AND mentions freelancing, self-employment, contracting, sole proprietorship, or self-occupied status. Trigger on phrases like "help me do my taxes", "prepare my TA24", "I'm self-employed in Malta", "I'm a freelancer in Malta", "do my taxes as a contractor", "prepare my VAT return and income tax", or any similar phrasing where the user is a Malta-resident self-employed individual needing tax return preparation. This is the REQUIRED entry point for the Malta self-employed tax workflow -- every other skill in the stack (malta-vat-return, malta-income-tax, malta-ssc, mt-estimated-tax, mt-return-assembly) depends on this skill running first to produce a structured intake package. Uses upload-first workflow -- the user dumps all their documents and the skill infers as much as possible before asking questions. Uses ask_user_input_v0 for structured questions instead of one-at-a-time prose. Built for speed. Malta full-year residents only; self-employed individuals and sole proprietors.

Use this skill whenever asked to prepare, review, or classify transactions for a Malta VAT return (Article 10 periodic return via CFR) or Article 11 annual declaration for any client. Trigger on phrases like "prepare VAT return", "do the VAT", "periodic VAT return", "CFR VAT", "create the return", "Article 11 declaration", or any request involving Malta VAT filing. Also trigger when classifying transactions for VAT purposes from bank statements, invoices, or other source data. This skill covers Malta only and only Article 10 (standard) and Article 11 (small enterprise) registrations. Article 12, partial exemption, capital goods scheme adjustments, margin schemes, and VAT groups are all in the refusal catalogue. MUST be loaded alongside BOTH vat-workflow-base v0.1 or later (for workflow architecture) AND eu-vat-directive v0.1 or later (for EU directive content). ALWAYS read this skill before touching any Malta VAT work.

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Use this skill whenever asked about Malta cryptocurrency or digital asset taxation. Trigger on phrases like "crypto tax Malta", "Bitcoin Malta", "DLT assets", "cryptocurrency gains", "crypto income Malta", "Binance Malta tax", "staking Malta", "mining income Malta", "NFT tax Malta", "Coinbase Malta", "Revolut crypto Malta", "token tax", "distributed ledger", "MFSA crypto", "DAC8", or any question about the income tax, capital gains, or VAT treatment of cryptocurrency, tokens, or digital assets for Malta tax residents or Malta-source crypto income. Covers the CfR DLT asset guidelines, classification of coins/tokens, trading vs investment distinction, VAT treatment, and DAC8 reporting. ALWAYS read this skill before touching any Malta crypto work.

Final orchestrator skill that assembles the complete Malta filing package for Malta-resident self-employed individuals and sole proprietors. Consumes outputs from all Malta content skills (malta-vat-return for Malta VAT, malta-income-tax for TA24, malta-ssc for Class 2 contributions, mt-estimated-tax for provisional tax) to produce a single unified reviewer package containing every worksheet, every form, every brief section, all cross-skill reconciliations, and the final action list with payment instructions, filing instructions, and next-year planning. This is the capstone skill that runs last and produces the final deliverable. MUST be loaded alongside all Malta content skills listed above. Malta full-year residents only. Self-employed individuals and sole proprietors only.