As per Subsidiary Legislation 406.21, any two or more legal persons established in Malta who are closely bound to one another by financial, economical, and organisational links can be registered as a single taxable person, namely, a VAT group.
At least one of the applicants must be a taxable person who is licensed or recognised under one of the following Acts;
Furthermore, at time of application all applicants must have submitted all their VAT and Income Tax Returns, and settled any amounts of tax, interest and administrative penalties due.