As announced during the last Budget, the government will be refunding the full amount of VAT paid on the registration tax to vehicle owners who had a vehicle registered between the 1 May and 31 December 2004. This payment will be issued in one full and final settlement. 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 will be notifying in writing the applicants who were eligible for the grant and who had registered a vehicle between the 1st May and 31st December 2004. The amount will be paid to eligible applicants by cheque, which shall be posted to the address indicated on the application form.
In order to apply for the refund, 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 31st July 2015 to one of the following addresses. Grant Scheme, Transport Malta, Land Transport Directorate, Sa Maison Raod, Floriana or Grant Scheme, Gozo Licensing Office, Ministry for Gozo, St Francis Square, Rabat, Gozo.
No additional documentation is required to be submitted if a person is submitting his/her own application. In the case of deceased persons, the heirs should, together with the application form, submit a joint declaration signed by a notary public, enlisting the names of the heir or heirs of the eligible deceased person and the person who will be actually receiving the grant.
Vehicle owners who had registered a vehicle for private use between 1 May 2004 and 31 December 2004 and are eligible for the scheme but had not applied for the grant during 2014, may also fill in and submit an application form to Transport Malta between the 1 and July 2015.