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The GBC is allowed to be incorporated in Mauritius or be registered as a branch of a foreign company. It is tax resident and have substance in Mauritius.

Common uses of a GBC:

• To structure investments and projects in countries which are Mauritius double tax avoidance treaty partners.
• Holding rights to intellectual property, such as industrial designs, copyrights, trademarks, patents
• Trading, Consultancy services, Collective Investment Schemes, Closed-Ended Funds, Protected Cell Companies
• Regional Headquartering; financing; Marketing centre

KEY FEATURES

Corporate Taxation: 15%

Type of Law: Hybrid

Double taxation treaty access: Yes, with over 40 countries

Stated Capital :
Currencies: Major currencies except Mauritian Rupees
Minimum paid up: No minimum requirements
No par value shares: Allowed

Directors :
Corporate directorship: Not allowed
Local directors: Minimum 2 required for access to tax treaties

Shareholders :

Corporate shareholder: Allowed

Company Secretary :

Required: Yes

local and qualified :Yes

Registered office in Mauritius : Yes

Company Records
A GBC is required to keep its records (original minutes, resolutions, register of directors/ members, constitution, accounting records) at its registered office in Mauritius

Financial Statement 
Requirements to prepare: Yes
Audit requirements: Yes
Filing of audited financial statement: Within 6 months after the balance sheet date

Tax Return
Requirements for preparation: Yes
Filing of Tax Return: Within 6 months after the balance sheet date

SUBSTANCE REQUIREMENTS

An AC is treated as a non-resident entity in Mauritius for tax purposes provided that its central management and control is outside of Mauritius.

An AC is a flexible business entity which is commonly used for:

• Investment holding
• Trading
• Consultancy activities
• One-off projects.

KEY FEATURES

Corporate Taxation: No corporate tax if central management and control outside Mauritius

Double taxation treaty access: No

Directors
Minimum director: One
Corporate director: Allowed

Shareholders
Minimum shareholder: One
Corporate shareholder: Allowed

Company Secretary
Required: May or may not have a Company Secretary 

Registered Agent
Required: Yes

Registered office
In Mauritius: Yes

Holding of shares
May hold shares in other companies

Financial Statement 
Requirements to prepare Financial Summary: Yes

Audit requirements: No

Filing of Financial Summary: Within 6 months after the balance sheet date

Requirements to prepare and file Annual Tax Return with the Mauritius Revenue Authority, (“MRA”): Yes

A PCC provides flexibility and security for international investment structuring. It is a single legal entity that can divide its assets between different cells within the company. When sub-divided, the assets of each cell are deemed to be entirely separate from each other and the creditors of a cell only have recourse against that particular cell.

A PCC may carry out either of the following qualified global business activities:

• Asset holding
• Collective investment schemes
• Insurance business
• Specialised collective investment schemes
• Structured finance business

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A Limited Partnership (LP) combines features of both a company and of a partnership. It gives owners the flexibility of operating as a partnership while having a separate legal identity like a private limited company.

Common uses of an LP:

• Collective investments schemes and closed-end funds
• Private equity and venture capital schemes
• Joint venture
• Holding property interests
• Tax and financial planning
• Estate planning
• Asset protection

KEY FEATURES

Legal Personality:

Can be registered with or without legal personality.
The general partners may elect that a LP shall have a legal personality at any time during the lifetime of the LP.

Duration: Subject to the terms of the partnership agreement, the LP also have a continuous and successive existence, through present and future partners until dissolution.

Registered office
Yes, in Mauritius which must be at the office of a licensed Management Company.

Registered Agent
Unless at least one general partner is resident in Mauritius, every LP shall at all times have and maintain in Mauritius a registered agent.

Company Secretary
An LP holding a Global Business Corporation (GBC) must appoint a Company Secretary, resident in Mauritius.

Tax Treaty access
Yes, with over 40 countries.

Partnership Agreement
Every LP shall have a partnership agreement which shall be binding upon the partners, their assignees and subsequent partners.

Company Records
A LP holding a GBC is required to keep its records at its registered office.
Should the LP decide to keep its records elsewhere, the Registrar of Limited Partnerships/ Registrar of Companies will need to be informed.

Accounts
Every LP shall prepare financial statements in accordance with and comply with the International Accounting Standards, within 6 months after the balance sheet date of the LP. An LP holding a GBC shall file its financial statements and report of the auditor with the Financial Services Commisson (FSC).

Annual Return
Every LP shall once a year submit to the Registrar an annual return of the LP.

Tax Return
LP holding a GBC are required to submit Advance Payment System (APS) statements and pay tax on a quarterly basis either on the basis of either their previous year’s income or the income of the current quarter.

A person shall hold an Investment Dealer Licence or being licensed as a representative of an Investment Dealer by the Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) to:

• Act or hold himself out as an intermediary in the execution of securities transaction on behalf of other persons;
• Trade or hold himself out to trade in securities as principal for his own account with the intension of selling them to the public; or
• Underwrite or distribute or hold himself out to underwrite or distribute securities on behalf of an issuer or a holder of securities

No person other than a body corporate may apply for an Investment dealer Licence.

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A person shall hold an Investment adviser licence or being licensed as a representative of an investment adviser by the Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) to:

• Advise guide, or recommend other persons, or hold himself out to advise, guide or recommend other persons, whether personally or through printed materials or by other means, to enter into securities transactions;
• Manage or hold himself out to manage, under a mandate, whether discretionary or not, a portfolio of securities.

No person shall give advice on Corporate finance advisory matters concerning securities transactions.

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A Domestic Company is registered with the Registrar of Companies and governed under the Companies Act 2001. The activities can be conducted with residents of Mauritius as well as with non-residents of Mauritius.

A domestic company can be set up for various activities:

• Trading
• Investment Holding,
• Consulting Services. amongst others.

KEY FEATURES

Corporate Taxation: 15%

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): 2%

Double taxation treaty access: Yes, with over 40 countries

Stated Capital:
Currency: Mauritian Rupees
Minimum paid up: No minimum requirements

Directors:
Resident Director: At least 1 director resident in Mauritius
Corporate Director: Not allowed

Shareholders:
Corporate and Individual shareholder: Allowed

Company Secretary:
Required: Yes

Registered office in Mauritius:
Yes

Financial Statements :
Required: Yes

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Required: Yes, 2% of chargeable income of the preceding year

Data Protection
Registration: Required to have a data controller

Global Headquarters Administration

Global headquarters administration is defined as the provision of at least 3 of the following services to at least 3 ‘related’ corporations:

• Administration and general management;
• Business planning and development and coordination;
• Economic or investment research and analysis;
• Services related to international corporate headquarters in Mauritius; and
• Such other global headquarters administration services as may be specified in Financial Services Commission (FSC) Rules.

Global Treasury Activities

Global treasury activities relate to the provision of at least 3 of the following services to at least 3 ‘related’ corporations:

• Arrangement for credit facilities, including credit facilities with funds obtained from financial institutions in Mauritius or from surpluses of network companies;
• Arrangement for derivatives;
• Corporate finance advisory;
• Credit administration and control;
• Factoring, forfeiting and re-invoicing activities;
• Guarantees, performance bonds, standby letters of credit and services relating to remittances;
• Management of funds for designated investments; and
• Such other global treasury activity as may be specified in FSC Rules.

Global Legal Advisory Services

• An entity which main activity is to provide legal services pertaining to global business, international arbitration, corporate law, taxation law and foreign and international law can apply to the FSC for a Global Legal Advisory Services Licence.

Overseas Family Office (Single) Licence and Overseas (Multiple) Licence

• The Overseas Family Offices constitute new lines of financial offerings targeting at investment advice, such as budgeting, insurance, charitable trusts, family-owned businesses, wealth transfer, and tax services.

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Mauritius Trusts are governed by The Trusts Act 2001 (the “Act”). A trust is a flexible vehicle which can be structured to assist a parent or individual in alignment of their objectives or/and ambitions.

Uses of Trusts

A Trust has a wide variety of uses and benefits, which may include:

• Asset protecting and ring-fencing
• Estate planning / transmission
• Asset holding/ Immovable Property
• Structured finance

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A Private Trust Company (PTC) is a company formed to act as Trustee to a number of trusts, either for the benefit of a single family, or for distinct (but related) family groups.

The PTC takes on the trusteeship of the various family trusts and act as the registered owner of their assets.

A PTC provides:

• an elegant solution for a family situation where a greater degree of control over the Trust assets is required
• flexibility in investment decision making process and allows members of succeeding generations to sit on the Board and take part in running the family business.

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Foundation in Mauritius are governed by the Mauritius Foundations Act 2012 (the ‘Foundations Act’) and managed by the Foundation Council which carries out the objectives and purposes of a Foundation.

A Foundation is a legal entity without shareholder and member but with beneficiaries. A Foundation has some common features with a Trust and a Corporate entity. It can have varied objectives; charitable, estate planning or commercial.

A Foundation is generally established to reflect the wishes of a Founder(s), who may be an individual or a legal entity. The management of its investments and assets are handled by its Council

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