Organization : VAT Department
Type of Facility : Request For New VAT Number
Country: Malta
Website : https://cfr.gov.mt/en/Pages/Home.aspx
Online Request : https://cfr.gov.mt/en/Pages/Home.aspx/en/online-services/pages/request-for-a-new-vat-number.aspx
Request For New VAT Number:
You should read these notes carefully before completing the Registration Form. Please start at the beginning of each line, using BLOCK LETTERS. Write clearly in ink, leaving a space between words.
Related : VAT Department Malta VIES Number Validation : www.statusin.org/8669.html
Applicant And Business Address Details:
Box 1: If the applicant is:
Sole Proprietor – Enter the full first name(s) in the first line whilst the surname goes in the second line. You may add Mr, Miss, Ms, and any rank or title that goes with your legal identity.
Limited Liability Company – enter the official name of the Company.
Partnership – Enter the firm`s name, whether registered or not, in this box, whilst the particulars of all partners are to be given on VAT FORM 35/07.
Other – Enter the name of the entity. (E.g. the name of a band club, sports club, union, religious organisation, charitable institution, etc.).
Box 2: In the case of a sole proprietor or a partnership de facto, enter the Identity Card Number of the applicant. In all other cases, the Identity Card Number of the authorised representative vested with legal representation signing the declaration in Box 19 should be inserted.
Box 3: This box is applicable only to those businesses that are either Limited Liability Companies or registered partnerships. The company number shown in the Register of Companies is to be inserted in this box.
Box 4: Insert the Income Tax Number of the proprietor or Limited Liability Company or Registered Partnership.
Box 5: In this box, you should give the address from where the business is carried out. Give your telephone, fax and mobile numbers.
Box 6: Write down the mailing or the home address, if different from that entered in box 5, where you wish to receive future official correspondence from this Department. Give your email address, if you have one. If you are not established in Malta, you may appoint a local representative whose details may be given on VAT FORM 35/07.
Business Details:
Box 7: Tick the type of business in the appropriate box.
Box 8: Indicate whether the business is currently operated on a full or part-time basis.
Box 9: Enter the number of business outlets or branches giving the address of each outlet or branch on VAT FORM 33/07.
Box 10: State the number of persons, by category, that are currently in your employment.
Box 11: Insert the commencement date of your economic activity. i.e the date when it is deemed as falling under the Vat legislation.
Box 12: Give your bank account details to which VAT refunds can be made.
Box 13: Give a brief description of your business activity or activities.
Registration Details:
Box 14: Enter the TOTAL annual estimated value of your local sale of goods and / or provision of services.
Box 15: Enter the TOTAL annual estimated value of your sale of goods to E.U. Member States.
Box 16: Enter the TOTAL annual estimated value of your purchases of goods or services from E.U. Member States.
As well as Malta, the following countries are Members of the European Union:
Austria Denmark Germany Hungary Netherlands Slovenia
Belgium Estonia Greece Latvia Poland Spain
Cyprus Finland Ireland Lithuania Portugal Sweden
Czech Rep France Italy Luxemburg Slovakia United Kingdom, Romania, Bulgaria.
Box 17: This option is only open to businesses:
(a) whose local annual turnover is BELOW the threshold established in terms of Part One of the Sixth Schedule of the Value Added Tax, 1998, and,
(b) who do not make Intra Community Supplies and whose box number 15 reads NIL, and,
(c) who do not make Intra Community Acquisitions and whose box number 16 reads NIL. Indicate whether you opt for the refund scheme or not.
Box 18: You may tick the YES box only if you intend to make intra-community acquisitions of goods or services and you are either a non-taxable legal person or you are already registered with this Department in terms of Article 11 of the Value Added Tax Act, 1998.
Declaration:
Box 19: The application must be signed by the person:
** applying for registration; or,
** in whose name registration is being made; or,
** vested with legal representation of the Company in the case of a Limited Liability Company.
Necessary Documents:
A Copy of the I.D Card of the applicant or in the case of a Limited Liability Company, of the authorised representative vested with the legal representation must be presented at the time of registration.
In the case of a limited liability company or a registered partnership, a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association and a copy of the original certificate including the stamp of the MFSA together with a declaration of authenticity should be produced.
In the case of a partnership which is not officially registered, an original contract signed in blue ink by a lawyer or notary should be produced.
In the case of a society, a copy of the statute should be produced.
In case that the TP’s application (sole proprietor or otherwise) is submitted by third parties, an original authorizing letter should be provided.