Ruth Farrugia Tax Director
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After having served as a trainee, Ruth Farrugia joined Forvis Mazars in Malta in 2005 as a senior auditor working on the statutory audits of companies involved in gaming, insurance, manufacturing, retailing, as well as government entities. In 2006 she joined the Tax Department, assisting clients with their statutory fiscal requirements. In 2011 she was appointed as the Manager of the team whereby she was responsible to manage a team of people providing both tax compliance and advisory services. Since 2019, she has been appointed as the Tax Director where she was entrusted with the leadership of the firm’s Tax service line, leading a team of dedicated professionals providing a wide range of tax advisory and compliance services to the firm’s local and international clients. In December of 2023, she has been coopted as a Forvis Mazars International CARL partner.
Ruth is a graduate of the University of Malta, is a Certified Public Accountant, and holds an Advanced Diploma in International Taxation from the Chartered Institute of Taxation. She has lectured the taxation module to students who are sitting for their ACCA exams, is a Member of the Malta Institute of Accountants, where she is part of the Direct Taxation Committee and a member of the Institute of Financial Services Practitioner.