the introduction of the lowered Value Added Tax (VAT) registration threshold for businesses with a turnover…
(No. B/1101) Mr A. Duval (Fourth Member for Port-Louis North & Montagne Longue) asked the Minister of Industry, SME and Cooperatives whether, in regard to the introduction of the lowered Value Added Tax (VAT) registration threshold for businesses with a turnover exceeding Rs 3 million, as announced in the Budget Speech 2025/26 and effective as from 1 October 2025, he will state the expected number of businesses falling within the turnover bracket of Rs 3 million to Rs 6 million during the current financial year and the number thereof having registered thereunder as at to date.
Reply: In my reply to the Private Notice Question of 04 July 2025 on Value Added Tax, I informed the House that, according to figures submitted by the Ministry of Finance and the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA), some 6,900 business operators were expected to be registered for VAT purposes with the lowering of the Value Added Tax registration threshold from Rs6 million to Rs3 million. I am now informed by the MRA that, as at 20 November 2025, a total number of 6,295 VAT registration applications has been received by the MRA. Of these, 4,378 applications
161 were submitted electronically, while 1,672 were submitted manually, indicating strong uptake of the electronic registration platform among small business operators. The MRA has already processed 6,050 applications, with 245 applications currently under review. SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES – LOANS GRANTED – ASSISTANCE PROVIDED