The Small and Medium-Sized Practices (SMP) Advisory Group has highlighted various challenges which practitioners encounter in the course of their practice. In order to address these concerns, the MIA scheduled a series of meetings with different competent authorities, with the precise objective of addressing practitioners’ concerns. Meetings with the Malta Bankers’ Association and the Commissioner for Revenue were held during the month of September 2020 whilst meetings with the Malta Business Registry and Malta Enterprise are in the pipeline. These meetings serve as a very useful forum for the clarification of concepts, the exchange of ideas and the putting forward of proposals by the Institute to the relevant authorities. Such meetings also serve to enhance ongoing collaboration between the MIA and these authorities.

The Malta Institute of Accountants (MIA) together with The Institute of Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP) and the Malta Institute of Taxation (MIT) (collectively the “Institutes”) worked together to propose a number of measures that were submitted to the Government of Malta as suggestions for the upcoming 2021 Budget. Read more...

The 2020 Annual General Meeting was held on 17 September, transmitted over video for the first time in 56 years. Over 400 MIA members joined the session live, actively taking part with questions and feedback about the Annual Report. 

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During the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 17 September, Mr John L Bonello and Mr Lino Casapinta, were appointed as the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee respectively after being nominated by Council. During the said meeting, the following were appointed as members of the Appeals Pool following Council’s nomination:
Ms Elizabeth Carbonaro
Ms Elvia George
Mr Chris Galea
Mr Paul Mercieca
Mr Anthony Zarb

In the first meeting of the Council following the AGM, held on 17 September, Council appointed the following members to form part of the Disciplinary Pool:
Mr Alexander Abela
Ms Charmaine Baldacchino
Mr Edmond Brincat
Mr Dunstan Magro
Mr Frances Mifsud
Mr Stephen L. Muscat
Mr Jesmond Pace
Mr Mark Scalpello
Mr Anthony Scicluna
Mr James M. Zammit

The 56th Annual General Meeting of the Institute was held today, 17th September 2020, online via Zoom.

The following members were elected for the two-year term 2020 – 2022:
Mr Fabio Axisa, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Malta
Mr Christopher Balzan, Executive Director, Ernst & Young Malta
Mr David Delicata, Partner, Deloitte Malta
Mr Jonathan Dingli, Partner, Advisory Services, KPMG in Malta
Mr Shawn Falzon, Partner, Ernst & Young Malta
Dr Ivan Grixti, Senior Lecturer, University of Malta
Ms Annabelle Zammit Pace, Partner, Deloitte Malta

They joined the following Council Members whose term expires in 2021:
Mr Etienne Borg Cardona, Director, Capital Advisory Ltd
Mr Mark Bugeja, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton
Mr Christian Gravina, CEO, GCS Accounting Malta Ltd
Mr Noel Mizzi, Partner, Head of Audit (Operations), Audit Services, KPMG in Malta
Ms Lucienne Pace Ross, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Malta
Mr William Spiteri Bailey, Partner, RSM Malta
Mr Franz R. Wirth, CFO & Company Secretary, Intercomp Group

At the first meeting of the new Council, Mr Fabio Axisa was elected as President, Mr David Delicata as Vice President, Noel Mizzi as Secretary and Mr Franz R. Wirth as Treasurer.

The Malta Institute of Accountants took part in the 2020 edition of the iChoose Careers Fair to introduce Form V students to the world of the accounting profession. Organised by the Education Ministry, the annual fair gives students a view of the options ahead of them and puts them in touch with the people who can help then start their own career path.

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In July 2020 The Malta Institute of accountants has participated in 2 consultation papers: 1) European Commission’s Consultation on the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy 2) Malta Gaming Authority's consultation on Suspicious Betting Reporting Requirements & Other Sports Integrity Matters.

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In July 2020 the MIA organised the following information sessions:
1) IDPC Data Protection Q&A Session
2) MBR BO Forms updates Q&A Session
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