Owners who have registered a vehicle in 2005 and received an application form from Transport Malta have to submit it by 29th July to receive the VAT refund
The Government will be refunding 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.
TM said that 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. 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.
In order to apply for the grant, vehicle owners who have received 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.
or:
Grant Scheme
Transport Malta
A3 Towers
Arcade Street, Paola.
No additional documentation is required to be submitted if a person is submitting his/her own application. 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 [1].