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PAGE 7 TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT/COVID19 SUNDAY • 1 JANUARY 2023 • ISSUE 1209 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday Gozo: Abbazia bid to claw back Nadur lands Look out for... MATTHEW AGIUS THE lawyer running a 17th century foundation to administer a series of Gozitan lands claimed by the heirs of a noblewoman, has filed a constitutional challenge to a Legal Notice that would see its controversial claim over large swathes of land in Gozo being cut off at the knees. In a constitutional application in the First Hall of the Civil Court last August, lawyer Patrick Valentino, in his capacity as rector of the Ab- bazia di Sant Antonio delli Navar- ra, called upon the government, the minister responsible for lands, and the Lands Registrar, to reinstate the foundation's title over parcels of land in Nadur, and declare a breach of its rights. ALEX AGIUS SALIBA MATTHEW VELLA ALMOST €1.2 billion in un- paid income tax is considered "uncollectable" in Malta, ac- cording to a National Audit Office analysis of tax arrears that says the government is now chasing over €422 million in taxes owing to the State. And the massive figure of ar- rears owing to the State grows exponentially when it comes to VAT, with over €4.5 billion left unpaid and at least 92% (€4.1bn) now considered to be not collectable by the VAT de- partment. The figure includes penalties and relative interest generated when a taxpayer fails to submit a VAT return by the due date. As reported in previous years, the highest instance of non-collectable taxes relates to that owing by self-employed individuals, with €621 million out of gross arrears of €772 million, or 80%, being deemed uncollectable. PAGE 2 Amendments to the abortion law, hosting EuroPride, the Ukraine war, the Yorgen Fenech trial, King Charles III's coronation ... PAGES 4-9 After head coach Devis Mangia's hasty exit, the national team looks to another Italian to guide it to greater glory in 2023 PAGES 10 & 11 Malta's football hopes €5.3 billion in income tax and VAT deemed 'uncollectable' The true impact of the Qatargate scandal INTERVIEW MT2 Benedict XVI, 1927-2022 Joseph Ratzinger, the eminent German theologian and conservative enforcer of Roman Catholic Church doctrine who resigned in 2015, died on Saturday at the age of 95 PAGE 2 €1.95