Support Measures

Call for Expression of Interest (EOI) by Awarding Bodies or representatives of Awarding Bodies providing certifications and qualifications that may be considered eligible for the tax incentives offered under the Get Qualified Scheme. 

Malta Enterprise administers a tax incentive provided in terms of Legal Notice 243 of 2009 Deductions and Tax Credits (Relevant Qualifications for Industry) Rules, 2009.  This incentive, enables Malta Enterprise to approve tax credits to individuals who successfully achieve a qualification that is required by a relevant industry. 

The scope of this EOI is to identify and approve qualifications, offered locally, that are in line with Legal Notice 243 of 2009 and the relevant Incentive Guidelines published by the Corporation.  The list of approved courses will be published on the Corporation’s website.  Malta Enterprise will issue tax credit certificates in favour of students following a course of studies leading to approved qualifications. 

Only Qualifications deemed by Malta Enterprise as required by the industries defined in the Incentive Guidelines will be considered.  A Qualification must be directly relevant to careers in one of the following industries:

Þ Aviation Industry;

Þ Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries;

Þ Economics and Statistics;

Þ Financial Services (including banking and accountancy);

Þ Crafts and Creative Industries (such as Film production and direction; Industrial and Spatial Design; Media and Communications);

Þ Information and Communication Technologies;

Þ Business Process Outsourcing, Call Centres and Shared Services – Only qualifications providing successful students with fluency in a foreign language other than English, and which is required by enterprises providing these services, shall be considered.

Þ Industrial Electromechanical Engineering.

 

Note: EOIs should also be submitted for any qualification already listed on the current list of approved qualifications and also for qualifications that were previously supported under this scheme.

For further information please contact Malta Enterprise: info@maltaenterprise.com

Get Qualified

Enabling Legislation:

Income Tax Act - Deductions and Tax Credits (Relevant Qualifications for Industry) Rules (S.L. 123.107)