S.L. 123.96 Art. 3Deduction for donations.

(1) Where, in any year of assessment, a donation of not less than two thousand and three hundred and twenty euros (2,320)

is made in cash or in the form of any other asset, excluding immovable property, to any of the following:

(a) the Superintendent of Cultural Heritage;

(b) Heritage Malta;

(c) Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti;

(d) non-Government cultural heritage organizations, such a donation may be claimed as a deduction against income for the year of assessment in which it is made, provided that:

(i) a relevant signed certificate in respect of such a donation has been issued by any of the above and is attached to and submitted together with the income tax return for the relevant year; and

(ii) the donation is made for the purpose of research, conservation or restoration, education and exhibition of the cultural heritage, which purpose shall also be indicated in the said certificate; and

(iii) in the case of a donation falling under paragraph (d), the donation is made to a non-Governmental cultural heritage organisation registered with the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage in terms of the Cultural Heritage Act, that is not in any way related to the donor company.

(2) The certificate referred to in sub-rule (1) shall indicate:

(a) the date of the donation,

(b) the name of the donor,

(c) the value of the donation,

(d) the purpose for which the donation is being made.

(3) Where capital allowances have been allowed in respect of an asset donated in accordance with sub-rule (1), the value of the donation shall be considered to be the written down value of the asset as on the date of donation.

(4) Where an asset donated in accordance with sub-rule (1) is purchased by the donor for forwarding to any of the said donees or is issued out of the donor’s own stock, whether purchased or manufactured by the said donor, the value of the donation shall be equivalent to its cost to the donor.