Infrastructure and Connectivity
- Reliable, fast developing logistics platform and modern infrastructure
- A developing road network
- A world-class port with deep-water quays
- A modern international airport, and an airport city entertaining high value cargo
- Connected to fast and reliable submarine fibre optic cables: SAFE and LION
Fiscal Incentives
- Income and corporate tax harmonised at 15% VAT
- Tax-free dividends
- No capital gains tax
- Duty-free and VAT-free facilities for goods and equipment transiting the Freeport zones
- 8 year-tax holiday under the SMART CITY SCHEME
- 8 year-tax holiday for Bio farming projects
- 10-year income tax exemption from all income, including those from external sources, under the MAURITIAN DIASPORA SCHEME
Business Environment
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- Law abiding island with political stability
- Security of assets
- No minimum capital requirement for incorporating a company
- 100% foreign ownership
- No exchange control
- Only 3 days for the incorporation of a company
- Seamless and transparent processes for permits and authorisations
- 1st in Africa for Ease of Doing Business (World Bank) and for Good Governance (Ibrahim Index of African Governance – IIAG)
Other Advantages of the Mauritius business hub
- Ideal time zone for global transactions
- Bilingual (English and French) professionals in all fields
- Qualified and multi-skilled workforce
- Trusted International Financial Centre
- Regulated and transparent jurisdiction
- Banking services: full range of services with the presence of international banks
- OECD white-listed international business platform