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Africa’s wealthiest country per capita. Ranked 22nd globally on the Global Peace Index. The only Sub-Saharan African nation in the top tier of World Bank ease-of-doing-business rankings. And a corporate tax rate that makes accountants in Paris and London do a double take. Use the Mauritius tax calculator to estimate your own tax liability. Mauritius […]

Opening a personal bank account in Mauritius is relatively straightforward. Opening a business account is a different experience entirely. The documentation requirements are heavier, the timelines are longer and the choice of bank matters more. The account you open will affect everything from international payment speed to the fees you pay on every transaction. Three […]

A Global Business Company (GBC) is a Mauritius-incorporated company that conducts its business primarily outside the island. Holding companies, investment funds, trading companies, cross-border services businesses: if you want to be tax resident in Mauritius and access its network of 46 double taxation agreements, this is the structure. What a GBC does A GBC is […]

After two difficult years, Mauritius is firmly in a disinflationary trend. Annual inflation fell to around 3.9% in early 2026 – down sharply from the 10.8% peak in 2022. Good news if you are planning salary rounds. Less good news if you locked in costs at the top. Where prices are moving, what the data […]

If you import goods into Mauritius, the Finance Act 2025 changes the rules you operate under. Assessment windows are shorter. There are new processing fees on customs entries. Objecting to an assessment now costs money upfront. And the customs authority has new evidence-gathering powers. Most of these changes actually favour importers – particularly the reduced […]

Mauritius now has a dedicated legal framework for innovative start-ups – something that didn’t exist before August 2025. Under the Finance Act 2025, there’s no minimum capital requirement, no turnover milestones in the first instance. Submit an innovative project to the EDB or register with an accredited incubator, and you can get a 10-year occupation […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Low taxes, no capital gains, gateway to Africa – when you first look at incorporating a company in Mauritius, it sounds almost too clean. It is not. The framework is solid, the process takes days rather than weeks, and a company can be 100% foreign-owned with no minimum capital requirement. Below: every business structure available […]