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www.ksimalta.com Our Services Audit - Tax - Advisory Helping clients succeed
www.ksimalta.com
Our Services
Audit - Tax - Advisory Helping clients succeed
KSi Malta offers its clients the benefit
of over 30 years experience in auditing,
accounting, taxation and advisory.
ContentsOur Cross Border Firm
Our Services
Why Malta?
The Partners
Contact Information
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We are a local firm with an international dimension
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Did you know that?
KSi Malta has provided services
to local and international clients
for over three decades;
KSi Malta is now one of
the leading audit, accounting,
tax and advisory firms in Malta;
KSi Malta is managed by
four partners: Joseph Gauci
(founder and managing partner),
Dennis Gauci, Aldo Zammit
and Brian Farrugia;
KSi Malta continuously capitalizes
on the strength of its highly
competent and qualified
employees and associates;
KSi Malta is a one-stop shop
for businesses wishing to lower
costs and experience success
KSi Malta is not intimated
from any sector and provides
high quality services to clients
operating in an extensive list
of industries;
KSi Malta is also a member
of two highly reputable
international networks:
KS International and
Begbies Traynor Group
KSi Malta’s Quick Facts
KSi Malta is one of the leading medium-sized audit/accountancy,
tax and advisory firms in Malta. KSi Malta provides a wide range
of services to both local and international clients.
KSi Malta is a team of highly qualified and competent staff offering
a one-stop shop for business affiliates requiring top quality financial
information and assistance. Our constant focus on meeting our customers’
needs has allowed us to emerge as an international provider of choice
in providing means to obtain optimal financial results.
At KSi Malta we seek to become partners with our clients.
This enables clients to ease their minds on the general financial
management and administration needs and concentrate more
on their core business.
In fact KSi Malta prides itself at being member of two global network firms:
KS International and Begbies Traynor Group. Such international affiliation
enables us to assist clients to take advantage of the unique tax and
corporate structures in each of the jurisdictions in which we are represented.
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Our Cross-Border Firm
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KSi Malta is a Maltese firm
with an international dimension,
making it fully equipped to provide
quality service worldwide.
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Begbies Traynor works in the areas of corporate finance,
corporate recovery and restructuring, personal insolvency,
commercial finance, investigations, forensic accounting
and security risk consulting. It also provides independent
advice and solutions for professional clients including banks
and financial institutions, the accountancy and legal professions.
Begbies Traynor serves its clients via a UK-wide office base
and international network of associates.
KS International has members throughout the world to deal with
your international business requirements. We have representative
offices in over 60 countries which provide us with abundant
resources to cater for the needs of our international clients.
International
International
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MALTA
Our Services
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Corporate Rescue and Recovery
Corporate Finance (Venture Cap /Factoring / LOCs)
Information Technology
EU Funding
Aircraft Registration
Ship & YachtRegistration
Digital Gaming
We offer Specialised Services:
KSi Malta provides clients with a full range of accounting,
VAT and tax services including the setting up and maintenance
of accounting systems, the filing of VAT and tax returns,
the preparation of management accounts, and the preparation
and the respective analysis of budgets and cash flows.
We also render audit services to Limited Liability companies
in Malta as obliged by the Companies Act. Our audit service aims
at providing recommendations, improving control and enhancing
business performance.
Audit and Accountancy
International Corporate and Private Tax Planning
We strive to provide every client with sufficient information
on the advantages of Malta’s fiscal regime as well as the
non-fiscal advantages available in Malta.
For more detailed information on Malta’s advantageous tax system
for both corporate and private clients, kindly visit our web-page
www.ksimalta.com from where you may download topic-specific brochures.
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Malta’s distinctive tax system has made it a
sought-after location for international business.
By offering the lowest effective tax rate
in Europe (at 5%), Malta manages to maintain
investors’ costs at a minimum while at the same
time still fulfills its international obligations.
Our Tax Related Services:
• General income tax and VAT compliance
• Private client services (application for specialized schemes such as HNWI and HQP;
QROPs; domicile and residence determination; registration certificates)
• The performance of Tax and VAT Health Checks, whereby we adopt a traffic-lights
approach and advise clients accordingly
• Application for Advanced Revenue Rulings from the Maltese tax authorities
• General tax planning and restructuring advisory
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We provide an efficient and effective means by which businesses’
payroll needs are fulfilled. Besides being highly cost effective,
outsourcing your payroll function ensures high levels of confidentiality
especially with respect to executive remunerations.
Payroll Services
Using KS International’s network, we offer full company formation and
management services world-wide, including Kitts and Nevis, Guernsey,
Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Luxembourg and the British Virgin Islands.
Incorporation and Management of Foreign Companies
Through our legal department we assist clients to form and register
companies in Malta. We also assist foreign companies wishing to transfer
their fiscal residence to Malta to obtain the necessary tax residence
certificate.
Incorporation and Management of Maltese Companies
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Our corporate finance services include:
• the raising of venture capital;
• credit and factoring facilities;
• bank guarantees;
• the preparation and processing of Letters of Credit;
• the opening of bank accounts.
Corporate Finance
KSi Malta offers a wide range of consultancy services to both local
and international companies which related to human resources,
IT, business restructuring and cash flow management. We can also
undertake financial performance management analysis involving
the use of contemporary and effective measurement and monitoring
tools such as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
General Business Performance Consultancy
Our services are available for commercial organisations operating
in all sectors and of all sizes, that may be facing day-to-day or long-term
financial challenges – and we seek to assist them meet those challenges
in order to secure the best possible financial outcomes for their customers
and creditors, shareholders and stakeholders.
Corporate Rescue and Recovery
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We provide full secretarial services to both local and international
clients with the aim to ensure that companies and their officers
fulfill their statutory obligations under Maltese (or foreign in certain
cases) Company Law. In addition to recommending you reliable
persons to sit on your company’s board of directors and act as company
secretaries, we could also provide you with a correspondence
and/or registered address.
Secretarial Services
Our range of IT services and solutions address a
variety of vertical business segments and seek to
enhance the business through the use of innovative technology.
The ultimate goal would always be efficiency and effectiveness.
Information Technology
In collaboration with a leading UK consultancy firm we assist clients,
organisations, institutions or government departments to identify
and obtain any applicable EU Funds. Such funds could be the missing
element in a company’s quest for growth and success, and we are here
to make sure you don’t miss on them.
EU Funds
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Malta offers a number of fiscal incentives in relation to aircraft,
aircraft engines and aircraft operators.
At KSi Malta we can provide you with all the necessary information
and guide you through the aircraft registration process to ensure that
it is achieved in the shortest time possible.
Aircraft Registration
KSi Malta offers various services for the registration and maintenance
of vessels and yachts under the Maltese Shipping Register and the
guidance of the Malta Maritime Authority. Through KS International
we also offer ship registration outside Malta.
Ship and Yacht Registration
KSi Malta assists foreign and local digital gaming
and betting companies to start-up their businesses in Malta.
KSi Malta has vast experience in this sector. Our range of services
include the filing of the necessary applications with the LGA, preparation
of feasibility studies, assistance on the IT infrastructure, legal issues,
and the procurement of software.
Assistance to Digital Gaming and Betting Companies
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Malta - Corporate Tax
Advisory Firm of the Year 2012
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You have already seen that KSi Malta is your one stop for investing and doing business in Malta.
But why should you invest in Malta?
• A business oriented government which is easily accessible
• Political and social stability
• Highly flexible, qualified, competent and English-speaking workforce
• Access to a world-renowned international financial centre
• Excellent ICT infrastructure (in fact Malta is referred to as the Smart Island)
• Safe and pleasant lifestyle
• A full EU member, thus providing automatic access to EU laws and directives
• Advantageous tax systems making the country one of the most tax friendly jurisdictions in the world.
Why Malta?
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Interesting to know that...
Malta has the
largest online gaming
sector in Europe
(EC Green Paper 2011)
Malta offers the
possibility of the lowest
effective tax rate
in Europe, at 5%
Malta is the only EU
member state which has
a full imputation system
Malta is enroute to
becaming a leading
aviation hub
Malta has the largest
ship register in Europe
Malta’s network
of double taxation
treaties boasts over
58 treaties and several
other to come
Malta manifests
a participation exemption
regime which makes
a 0% tax rate a reality
Malta is the 2nd safest
country in the world
(according to UN World
Risk Report, 2011)
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The Partners
Aldo L. ZammitTax Partner
Mr Zammit holds a warrant as a Certified Public Accountant and is a practicing auditor. He started
his career in 1997 with Grant Thornton with the accountancy department and later joined the audit team
where he gained exposure to local and foreign assignments. In 2001 Mr Zammit joined the Tax Compliance
Unit (TCU) within the Ministry of Finance where he gained considerable knowledge regarding taxation.
He resigned from the TCU to join KSI Malta in 2008 and shortly was appointed a Manager to supervise
the audit staff. He became a partner in 2010.
E-mail: [email protected] Mob: (+356) 7945 5293
Joseph GauciManaging Partner
Mr Gauci has been in profession for over 30 years and has held various posts locally and abroad.
He has held high profile positions with Deloitte and Grant Thornton and carried out numerous appointments
with local companies such as Enemalta Corporation, Maltacom and Malta Drydocks. Mr Gauci served
as a member of the local VAT Appeals Board and consultant to various Ministries and Government
Departments in Malta. Recently he was appointed as President to represent Malta on the council
of the European Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry (EEIG) within the EU.
E-mail: [email protected] Mob: (+356) 7942 6592
Brian Farrugia Audit Partner
Mr Farrugia has been in the profession for the last 7 years. He is a graduate in Accountancy from the
University of Malta and also a member of the Malta Institute of Accountants. He is the Independence Principal
and is responsible for maintaining and updating the practice records related to independence and taking
appropriate actions regarding identified threats to independence.
E-mail: [email protected] Mob: (+356) 7921 1552
Dennis Mark GauciIT Partner
Mr Gauci joined KSi Malta in 2008. He is the partner in charge of all information technology related
matters. He graduated from the Malta College of Arts Science and Technology in Information Technology.
During his studies he obtained certifications from world recognized companies such as Microsoft, CISCO,
and Linux. Mr Gauci joined KSi Malta to take responsibility of the firm’s ever growing ICT section.
E-mail: [email protected] Mob: (+356) 7984 2439
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KSi Malta
Villa Gauci,
Mdina Road,
Balzan BZN 9031,
Malta, Europe
Tel: (+356) 2122 6176
Fax: (+356) 2122 6019
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ksimalta.com
Partners: Joseph Gauci Dennis Gauci Aldo Zammit Brian Farrugia
The information contained herein is of a general nature and is not intended to address the circumstances of any particular individual or entity. Although we endeavour to provide accurate and timely information, there can be no guarantee that such information is accurate as of the date it is received or that it will continue to be accurate in the future. No one should act upon such information without appropriate professional advice after a thorough examination of the particular situation. Please contact us if you need any specific advice.
