Top tips for retiring to Malta
Avoid retirement regret by asking these key questions before making the big move to Malta
Avoid retirement regret by asking these key questions before making the big move to Malta
What are the big questions that need to be answered before people retire to Portugal? Blevins Franks’ business development director Jason Porter offers a case study highlighting key questions to consider.
Malta will be the “main winner” of HM Revenue & Customs’ plan to change the ‘eligibility criteria’ for foreign pensions to qualify as recognised overseas pensions schemes (Rops), according to the director of European IFA firm Blevins Franks.
Spain has unveiled a new rule which will require British expats to declare the money they have in Malta-based recognised overseas pension schemes (Rops) that allow ‘flexi-access’ in line with the UK’s pension freedoms introduced last year.
An EU investigation into a Spanish law, which requires every expat to declare all their foreign assets worth over €50,000 (£39,353, $56,762) or face heavy fines, may drag on for years, European advisory firm Blevins Franks has revealed.
Non-French residents will no longer have to pay social charges on unfurnished rental income or capital gains on French property after the taxes were ruled as “discriminatory” by the European Court of Justice.