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Gibraltar tax system: audit, reporting and optimization of taxation of Gibraltar companies and individuals: VAT, income tax and capital gains. Tax treaties of Gibraltar.

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Taxes of Gibraltar

15%
Сorporate tax
No
Capital gains tax
No
VAT
0% (dividend), 0% (interest), 0% (royalty)
Withholding tax
No
Exchange control

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Basic taxes (briefly)

Personal tax
14-39%
Corporate tax (in detail)
The rate for companies is 15%
Capital gains tax. Details
No
VAT. Details
No
Other taxes
Contributions to social funds
Government fee
GIP 75 annually
Stamp duty
GIP 10

Taxation of individuals

Gibraltar income tax is payable on Income from activities and sources in Gibraltar. Persons who are permanent Residents of Gibraltar also pay tax on certain types of income from foreign sources.

The tax is paid in the lower of the two, calculated under the two alternative methods:

The following rates apply to income after certain exemptions and deductions have been applied The following progressive rates apply: 14% on the first GBP 4 000, 17% on the For the next GBP 12 000, 39% for the excess. No tax is payable on income up to. GBP 11 450 no tax is payable.

On gross income (without benefits but with certain deductions) The following progressive rates apply:

  • for income up to GBP 25 000, 6% on the first GBP 10 000, 20% on the next GBP 7 000, 28% on the excess;
  • for income over GBP 25 000, tax is calculated at seven different progressive rates (ranging from 16-28%).

Income tax

In Gibraltar, income earned within Gibraltar is subject to income tax and foreign income (excluding interest and royalties) is not.

The income tax rate is 15%.

Companies that provide utilities, companies, Energy supply companies and companies abusing a dominant position in the market, pay a tax rate of 20%. Telecommunications companies can apply a 12,5% rate to profits not from telecommunications activities.

Capital gains and dividends are not taxed tax.

Tax on capital gains

No.

CFC rules

Control of a foreign company arises when ownership of 50% or more of the capital, voting rights or rights to distributions of profits foreign company. If the CFC pays income tax at a rate of less than 50% tax that would be payable on such profits in Gibraltar, and the use of the foreign company is intended to evade tax, the undistributed profits of the CFC must be taxed with the shareholder company in Gibraltar.

Withholding tax on income

No withholding tax is levied in Gibraltar (except Except for payments to contractors in the construction business).

VAT / sales tax on goods and services

No.

Social contributions

Employees' contributions are calculated as 10% of gross earnings, subject to a minimum of GBP 13,65 per week (GBP 59,15 per month) and maximum of GBP 38,85 per week (GBP 168,35 per month).

Employer's contributions are calculated as 18% of gross earnings, subject to a minimum of GBP 30,45 per week (GBP 131,95 per month) and maximum of GBP 53,55 per week (GBP 232,05 per month).

Property taxes

Taxes are paid on commercial property at Different rates depending on the type of property.

Stamp duty

Stamp duty is levied on real estate transactions, located in Gibraltar with shares in companies with such real estate. The fee is calculated at different rates depending on the market value property.

International tax treaties

Gibraltar has 19 Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA) with the following jurisdictions:

19 TIEAs: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.

Gibraltar has not yet signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI).

On November 29, 2014, Gibraltar signed the Multilateral Competent Authorities Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS MCAA), under which Gibraltar receives information from its financial institutions and automatically exchanges this information with other jurisdictions on an annual basis. The automatic exchange began in September 2017.

In addition, on November 26, 2024, Gibraltar signed the Multilateral Agreement of Competent Authorities for the Automatic Exchange of Information under the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework (CARF-MCAA), which provides for the reporting of tax information on cryptoasset transactions on a standardized basis for the automatic exchange of such information.

Currency controls

In general, there are no restrictions on foreign exchange transactions

There are no restrictions on currency transactions in general.

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