Anton Vella Laurenti
Anton Vella Laurenti is a senior tax advisor at WH Partners. With over 30 years of experience, he provides both local and international tax advice to the firm’s clients.
Anton Vella Laurenti joined the Inland Revenue Department in 1988 and has been active in international taxation since 1993 when the International Tax Unit was set up. Prior to joining WH Partners Anton held the position of Director, International Taxation, Office of the Commissioner for Revenue before retiring in 2019. He was an advisor within the Corporate and International Taxation Unit post-retirement.
Anton attended the EU Council, Code of Conduct and High-Level Working Party meetings related to direct tax and chaired EU Council meetings during Malta’s tenure of the EU Council Presidency in 2017. He was also Malta’s delegate in the OECD Working Party meetings on Tax Conventions and Related Questions and participated in the Forum on Harmful Tax Practices and OECD meetings on BEPS Action 1 – Addressing the Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy. Anton formed part of the assessment team in providing a detailed review of the legal framework of several jurisdictions under the auspices of the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. He was also part of Malta’s team negotiating double tax treaties.
Anton is a fellow of the Malta Institute of Accountants and holds the warrant of a certified public accountant.
Latest Contributions
Tax Treatment of Highly Skilled Individuals Rules
The new Rules consolidate and replace the following tax regimes (“Old Rules”): Highly qualified Persons Rules Qualifying Employment in Innovation and Creativity (Personal Tax) Rules Qualifying Employment in Aviation (Personal Tax) Rules…
MTCA releases guidelines on the Nomad Residence Permit Rules
These rules, which came into effect on 1st January 2024, allow third country nationals in possession of a ‘Nomad Residence Permit’ issued in terms of the Immigration Act to provide exclusively ‘authorised work’ as defined. ‘Authorised work’ provided remotely by means of telecommunications technology as may be approved…
Malta’s Commissioner for Tax and Customs issued Rules and Guidelines on Personal Tax Benefits for Senior Employees of Family Offices
These Rules should be read together with the Guidelines (“Guidelines”) issued by the Malta Tax and Customs Administration (“MTCA”), which define eligible persons, applicable conditions, and the procedure for benefiting from the…
Malta’s new elective tax regime
The Final Income Tax Without Imputation (“FITWI”) seeks to align with the Pillar Two Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 without impacting any of Malta’s decisions to defer the introduction of the top-up tax…