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Maldives

Taxes

If you are wanting to do business in Maldives, this article will educate you on the tax laws for a which is the most common legal entity in Maldives.

Maldives has a tax on foreign earned income remitted back separately than if it were made onshore. Theestablished rate for income earned abroad, from our research, and your results may vary, is 0%. MV doesn't have known exemptions to transfer in income earned abroad from outside the country. Taxes are quite low in Maldives as the headline corp. tax rateis 25%. This ranks Maldives as 98th when compared to CIT globally. . .

The value added tax (VAT) rate in MV is 6.00%, which ranks Maldives as 98th overall with regards to value added tax rate worldwide. In terms of other taxation, an employer will contribute % to the equivalent of a social security fund and an employee will contribute 7.00%. The overall complexity of the tax system is medium. This is measured by average time to comply with a country's labor tax requirements is as it is 88hours. Contributing to this is the number of yearly labor tax payments, which is 9 in MV.

Thin capitalisation laws are not in effect. This refers to any sort of restrictions on given company with respect todebt-to-asset ratios. A dividend is payments of an earnings of the business, passed by by the board, to shareholders.Dividends can be one of the following cash payments, shares of stock, or other property. The capital gains rate in MVis 0%. A capital gains tax is levied on the profits that a corporation or natural person realizes when he or she sells sells a capital asset for a price that is higher than the purchase price.


There is no known tax on wealth in Maldives. There are inheritance taxes in Maldives placed on an estate. We are not aware of any frequently implemented research and development tax relieft in Maldives.

The above is not tax or legal advice for your individual personal tax obligations. We can to reference you to an expert in Maldives who can get you the proper advice and help you need. Contact us today. Click incorporate now if you are in a hurry, or press the free consultation button above.

Country details

Maldives
MVR
Malé
Asia
dv, English
395,650

Tax treaties

Country Type Date Signed
India DTC  2005-11-13

Tax treaties Map

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