20 April 2015

Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA): Registration for US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

The MRA informs Mauritius-based Financial Institutions registered with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for FATCA reporting that information in respect of the year 2014 will have to be reported to the MRA by 31st July 2015 for onward transmission to the US IRS.

Financial Institutions are hereby requested to register with MRA in order to use the MRA e-Services for submission of the FATCA information. The facility for registration in respect of FATCA is now available on the MRA’s Website: http://www.mra.mu under “e-Services”. After registration, the MRA will issue a password by post to each registered Financial Institution.

It is to be noted that FATCA reporting will only be possible through MRA’s e-Services platform available on our Website, using a Username and a Password provided after the registration process.

For further query, please phone the FATCA Unit at the MRA Headoffice on 2076000 or email us at fatcaunit@mra.mu


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