Tax and Finance

In order to assist couples who, get married or enter into a civil union the Ministry for Finance and Employment has issued a scheme, whereby eligible applicants may apply for a grant on the expenditure incurred on the supply of goods and services relating to their wedding/civil union ceremony as listed in the ‘First Schedule’ attached to the Government notice, which function is performed in Malta.

• Click here for a copy of the scheme.
• Click here for the Application Form.

Please note that COVID-19-related support for this scheme has been discontinued from 7th December 2023.

• Click here for a copy of the Amendment Notice for the Wedding/ Civil Union Grant.

The scheme Refund Grant on the Deposit Paid for Postponement or Adaptation of Weddings/Civil Union Ceremonies has been terminated on 7th December 2023.

• Click here for a copy of the Termination Notice for the Refund Grant on the Deposit Paid for Postponement or Adaptation of Weddings/Civil Union Ceremonies.

The applicants must be:
 

a couple whose wedding/ civil union ceremony was originally due to be held between 8th March 2020 and 31st December, 2021 and had to be postponed or adapted due to COVID-19 outbreak, which function is performed in Malta and where, on the date of marriage/civil union, at least one of the applicants is a person residing in Malta

Due to postponement of their wedding/ civil union ceremony they had to forfeit the deposit paid on goods and services relating to their wedding/civil union ceremony.

Application form is to be submitted by not later than six months (180 days) from the date of the marriage/civil union ceremony.

The original fiscal receipts/invoices and relevant documentation shall be kept by the applicant for a period of not less than 2 years from the date of application and produced upon request to the Commissioner for Taxes and Customs for verification purposes.

The grant payment will be deposited in the bank account indicated on the application form.