Author: Anaïs

The Finance Act 2025 rewrites the Mauritius occupation permit framework from scratch. Any guide written before August 2025 is working from superseded rules. If you are a foreign investor, professional, or self-employed person planning to work in Mauritius, the changes are substantial. The new system introduces two investor tiers with different capital and turnover requirements, […]

The Finance Act 2025 replaces Section 10 of the Immigration Act 2022 entirely, overhauling how retirement residence permits work in Mauritius. Permits now run for 10 years, applications go through NELS rather than ad hoc channels, and the financial requirements are written into statute for the first time. Most of the changes favour retirees – […]

Mauritius still has no capital gains tax, no inheritance tax, and a remittance basis for foreign income. The Finance Act 2025 leaves all of that intact – but it adds new layers to the tax system that affect high earners and certain business sectors. Personal income tax, which moved from a flat 15% to progressive […]

Here is something that changed in May 2026: Apple Pay is no longer foreign-card only in Mauritius. MCB now supports Apple Pay for its debit and credit cards, so MCB customers with an iPhone or Apple Watch can pay at contactless terminals without using the physical card. That does not make Mauritius fully Apple Pay-first. […]

Mauritius Finance Act 2025: The Complete Picture Over 60 existing Acts amended in a single piece of legislation. Immigration, taxation, banking, customs, gambling regulation, public finance, company law. The Finance Act 2025 (Act No. 18 of 2025, assented 8 August 2025) is the most sweeping economic legislation Mauritius has passed in years. Some of the […]

Mauritius has over 41,000 foreign residents, ranks as Africa’s most stable country (2025), and sits at a strategic crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe. The government is actively recruiting expat talent through fast-track permits, tax incentives, and targeted visa programmes – this is policy, not PR. The driver is a skills gap. The local graduate […]

The Mauritius Occupation Permit has three categories – Investor, Professional, and Self-Employed. If you are a freelancer, independent consultant, or solo service operator who wants to base your practice in Mauritius legally, the Self-Employed route is the most direct option. It gets less coverage than the other two categories, but for one-person service businesses it […]

The rules changed. Twice, actually, and both times in the wrong direction for foreign buyers. First, the off-scheme purchase route – which allowed non-citizens holding a residence permit to buy one property outside the approved frameworks – was permanently removed. Second, the transaction taxes on foreign purchases are doubling from July 2026. If you are […]

Most people who look into retiring in Mauritius discover the Property Development Scheme quickly – villas in gated communities, residency at USD 375,000, the full package. What fewer people find is that there is a separate version of the PDS designed specifically for retirees aged 50 and above. Different rules. Lower financial barriers. And a […]

No capital gains tax. No inheritance tax. No wealth tax. A remittance basis that keeps foreign income outside the net as long as it stays outside the country. On paper, the Mauritius tax system looks almost too good. And for internationally mobile people, it genuinely is one of the better ones in the world. But […]