About Malta Stamp Duty
Duty on documents and transfers, calculated from Cap. 364: the buyer's duty on property, and duty on shares and other marketable securities.
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- Malta stamp duty for first-time buyers: the €200,000 nil band: No duty on the first €200,000 for a first-time buyer of a sole ordinary residence, under S.L. 364.12. The conditions, the declaration and what counts as a first purchase.
- Malta stamp duty on shares: 2%, and when it becomes 5%: Duty on marketable securities in Malta is €2 per €100, rising to €5 where 75% of a company's assets are immovable property. Exemptions, groups and family transfers.
- Malta stamp duty exemptions: spouses, inheritance, groups and Gozo: Which Maltese duty exemptions still apply: transfers between spouses, causa mortis bands, group transfers and family business relief, and which concessions have closed.
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Malta Stamp Duty is an independent information site operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with the Malta Tax and Customs Administration, the Notarial Council or any Maltese authority, and nothing here is tax or legal advice. Rates are taken from the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act and its subsidiary orders as published on legislation.mt at the updated date above; reliefs are conditional on declarations recorded in the deed, so confirm the position with your notary before contracting.