Application for Exemption from Motor Vehicle Registration Tax
Any person transferring his/her residence from a place outside Malta to a place in Malta is entitled, under the Motor Vehicles Registration and Licensing Act (Cap. 368), to an exemption from Motor Vehicle Registration Tax on an M1 vehicle (a vehicle used for the carriage of not more than eight passengers in addition to the driver) or a cycle (motor cycles, motor tricycles and quadricycles) which has been registered in the name of that person for a continuous period of at least twenty-four months immediately before the date of his/her transfer of residence to Malta and is still so registered when the vehicle is imported or brought into Malta. That person should also have lived outside Malta for a continuous period of at least twenty-four months immediately before transferring his/her residence to Malta.
If you wish to apply for the Transfer of Residence (TORE) Scheme, kindly download the form by clicking here VEH007.
Please note that, as indicated on this form, this application, together with all relevant documentation, shall either be sent by registered mail or delivered personally within the (thirty) 30-day period to: Transport Malta, Vehicle Licensing Unit, A3 Towers, Arcade Street, Paola between 07.30 and 12.00 noon.
The following are decisions taken by the Review Board Transfer of Residence Exemption Scheme. If the decision occurred in any of the previous years, please click here.
Applications are submitted for an exemption from the motor vehicle registration tax under Article 19 of the Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act (Cap. 368) and Regulation 4 of the Exemption from Motor Vehicles Registration Tax Rules (SL 368.01). Decisions are published in accordance with SL 368.01.
Highlighted entries refer to decisions in respect of which the 21-day period from the date of the publication of the decision during which an appeal may be filed with the Administrative Review Tribunal has not expired.
Searches may be effected by ‘Published Date’, ‘Reference No.’, ‘No. Plate’, ‘Vehicle Type’ and ‘Board Decision’.