What changed in Malta

Non-dom status can make Malta unusually favourable for crypto holders

Crypto tax and legal status

The non-dom remittance basis is Malta's headline mover regime

Personal income tax

The Global or The Residence Programme bundles residence with a 15 percent flat tax

Residency routes

Keep your own records, provider-side reporting is coming

Crypto tax and legal status

No VAT on crypto exchange, and no individual exit tax on it either

Crypto tax and legal status

Financial tokens, mining, staking and salary in crypto are all taxed as income

Crypto tax and legal status

Trading crypto as a business is taxed as ordinary income, up to 35 percent

Crypto tax and legal status

A private investor's coin disposals fall outside capital gains tax

Crypto tax and legal status

Crypto is legal, regulated and no longer a grey zone in Malta

Crypto tax and legal status

Everyone relocating needs a Maltese income tax number early

Local registrations

Your prior pension contributions can count toward Maltese eligibility

Pension

Public healthcare follows your contributions, not your residence permit

Healthcare coverage

Most residency routes do not require a Maltese company

Moving your company

Controlled foreign company rules can attribute income to you personally

Moving your company

Running your foreign company's management from Malta risks its tax home

Moving your company

A Malta company pays 35 percent but refunds bring it close to 5

Moving your company

Stamp duty still applies to Maltese property and share transfers

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

Malta charges no wealth tax and no charge for arriving

Leaving home: exit tax and ties

Citizenship by direct investment has been ruled unlawful

Permanent residency and citizenship

Ordinary naturalisation needs years of genuine residence

Permanent residency and citizenship

The Nomad Permit does not itself convert into permanent residence

Residency routes

Pensioners, senior hires and founders have their own dedicated routes

Residency routes

The Malta Permanent Residence Programme grants residence immediately

Residency routes

EU and EEA citizens settle in Malta with no programme needed

Residency routes

Register for eResidence once you pass roughly three months

Local registrations

Your employer has no Maltese payroll obligation on a short stay

Employer payroll obligations

Non-EU visitors need their own private health cover

Healthcare coverage

EHIC covers medically necessary care during a temporary stay

Healthcare coverage

No coordination mechanism, your home rules decide everything

Social security

An EU worker physically in Malta generally owes Maltese social security

Social security

The Nomad Permit's own income tax rules are not fully confirmed yet

Personal income tax

Non-residents owe Malta tax only on Malta-source income

Personal income tax

Crossing the residence guideline exposes worldwide income to Malta tax

Tax residency

A genuinely temporary stay under the guideline stays non-resident

Tax residency

Malta has no rigid day-count test, residence is a question of fact

Tax residency

Remote work on a plain visitor or Schengen stamp sits in a real grey zone

Right to work

Working remotely for a foreign employer on the Nomad Permit is explicitly legal

Right to work

EU and EEA citizens can work or be self-employed with no permit

Right to work

The Nomad Residence Permit is the compliant route past 90 days

Immigration and visa

Your nationality needs a Schengen C visa before travel

Immigration and visa

Visa-free Schengen entry covers up to 90 days in 180

Immigration and visa

EU and EEA citizens enter and stay in Malta with no time limit

Immigration and visa