How do you get a tax number in Malta in 2026?

Secure residence status and an address first: Apply for a residence permit and a lease banks will recognise: How to rent a home. Foreign residents who establish residence typically file the expatriates registration route with the Commissioner for Revenue, with a copy of passport or other official identification and residence evidence. Guidance commonly routes paper or email submissions through the published taxpayer-service channels or Business First helpdesks.

Maltese nationals normally use their identity card number as the tax number. Foreigners already holding a nine-digit tax number keep that number when they later receive an eResidence card ending in A; they are not issued a second personal tax ID for the same person. Self-employed starters may also need VAT or employer PE numbers through separate business registrations; those are not your personal TIN.

Salary withholding and annual tax correspondence need it. Many banks ask for it beside Identità documents during KYC: Open a bank account. Keep your Social Security Number as a parallel contribution ID for Jobsplus and health entitlement checks: Enrol in public healthcare.

Update the Commissioner for Revenue when you change address, employer or marital status. Do the same with Social Security; the systems do not always sync automatically. Fold the number into your wider paperwork sequence and budget planning: How expensive is Malta.