The Government will be refunding VAT paid on registration tax for vehicles registered in 2005.

As announced during the last Budget, the Government will refund the equivalent amount of VAT paid on the registration tax (less the one time grant payment in 2014 of either €110 (vehicles) or €55 (motorcycles) to all vehicle owners who were eligible for the scheme that was published during 2014) to vehicle owners who had a vehicle registered between the 1st January and 31st December 2005.

This payment will be issued in one full and final settlement by cheque, which shall be posted to the address indicated on the application form in the coming months. As was announced the same process will be adopted in the following years, until all payments for the eligible applicants up till the end of 2008 are settled.

Transport Malta said that it will be notifying in writing the applicants who were eligible for the grant and who had registered a vehicle between the 1st January and 31st December 2005.

In order to apply for the grant, vehicle owners who receive the notification by Transport Malta must verify their personal details, sign and return the application form to Transport Malta in order to accept the conditions stipulated in the grant.

The application form must be duly filled in, signed and sent by post or submitted in person by not later than the 29th July 2016 to one of the following addresses below:

Grant Scheme Ministry for Gozo Licence Office Saint Francis Square Gozo

Grant Scheme Transport Malta A3 Towers, Arcade Street Paola

Documents required with the Application Form:

a) No additional documentation is required to be submitted if a person is submitting his/her own application;

b) In the case of a deceased person, the heir should together with the application form fill in his/her personal details and include a declaration made by a notary public, confirming that he/she is the eligible person to apply for the Scheme.

Furthermore, vehicle owners who had registered a vehicle for private use between 1st May 2004 and 31st December 2005 and are eligible for the scheme but had not applied for the grant during 2014 or 2015, may also submit an application form (which may be obtained from Transport Malta) until the 29th July 2016.

For further information or assistance vehicle owners may call either on Free Phone 8007 2373 from Monday to Friday between 08.00 and 15.00 or send an email to the following address: grantscheme.tm@transport.gov.mt

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