Self employed or economic self sufficiency?

Hello Teno,

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Olivier
Expat.com Team

i suspect you might find that where self employed in malta are concerned  - it is said that nobody declares their true income and as such the tax dept take a view on it and charge a flat rate  - i heard someone declare that it was in the region of 50 per week a while back....

if you can go the self sufficient way (min income/capital and health cover), then thats easier than self employed route

Thank you very much!

It certainly seems to be the most hassle-free option to apply via the self sufficiency route. I did lose some sleep over the cryptic certificate of entitlement though, which I will be required to present when applying. My Finnish health insurance will be terminated upon the move. As an EU national I should be able to enter the Maltese social security system on the basis of employing myself in Malta. It took great effort, however, to find out how the heck one is supposed to do that. Luckily I found the BusinessFirst website which clarified things a lot. It appears that obtaining a Maltese social security number is not so difficult after all, there is even the necessary form on that site.

So, once I have a Maltese social security number, I should be able to get the certificate of entitlement with no problems, right? Or am I getting my hopes up prematurely? Considering the trouble that has been put into shrouding the whole entitlement-thingy, there might still be some catch-22 that surfaces at the Entitlement Office.