LinkedInJuly 10, 2026
Mauritius left its 375,000 USD threshold for residency by property unchanged. On 1 July it doubled the tax to register the deed, from 5 to 10 percent.
The Finance Act 2025 is in force. From 1 July 2026, non-citizens buying residential property under the EDB property schemes, or through the separate ground plus two route, pay 10 percent registration duty instead of 5. What sets the rate is the registration date of the transfer, not the date the sale was agreed. A reservation signed earlier does not lock in the old 5 percent.
Run it on the residence threshold. Buy at the 375,000 USD level that unlocks a residence permit, and the duty moves from 18,750 to 37,500 USD. That is an extra 18,750 USD in transaction tax, on top of the purchase price.
And the reason people come is untouched. No capital gains tax, no wealth tax, no inheritance tax, foreign income taxed on a remittance basis. On the index I maintain Mauritius still ranks 34th of 233, with some of the highest political stability scores in Africa.
So the destination did not get worse. The toll at the gate did. The number that gets quoted, 375,000 USD, is the one that did not move. The cost that rose is the one it leaves out.
On a 375,000 USD entry, does an extra 18,750 USD of duty shift where Mauritius sits against Dubai or Portugal for you, or is it noise at that level?
Tracked through GeoCompass, the jurisdiction intelligence layer behind Lucky Nomads.
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