Before You Begin: This topic describes in detail the entries in the Taxation Parameters tab that are loaded for a legal entity in Mauritius. General information about this tab and settings for specific countries is available in .
Legal entity setup is done in Org Setup > Org Payroll Setup > Legal Entity. When you are configuring a legal entity in Mauritius, the Taxation Parameters tab has a number of fields specific to Mauritius that must be populated. The following is a description of these fields and, where applicable, options for each of them:
Tax Calculation parameters
- Category of employer: Drop-down list with the following employer category options:
- Charitable Institutions: Entities registered as charitable institutions at the Mauritius Revenue Authority.
- Export Manufacturing: Entities that are to be found on the approved list from the Ministry of Labour.
- Normal: Employers, not among other employer categories, contributing for their employees working in the normal course of business.
- Religious Institutions: Entities whose activities are to promote religious activities
- Syndic-(Exclusively for residential buildings): A syndic that administers a building that is exclusively residential.
- SME Category: Drop-down list with the following SME categories:
- SME Type 1
- SME Type 2
- SME Type 3
- Include all Employees in first monthly PRGF Return: Select this option to include employees who already generated their first monthly PRGF file on another payroll system other than Dayforce prior to January 2022. If this option is cleared, if employees changed to Dayforce any month after January 2022, the generation of the first PRGF Monthly Return tax file in Dayforce does not include employees who are in a pension scheme prior to January 2022.
- Employee Welfare Funds: Drop-down list with the following option:
- MSWWF: Calculates the Manufacturing Sector Workers Welfare Fund for employees of companies that are classified under the manufacturing sector. When this option is selected, the MSWWF appears as a deduction item during monthly payroll calculation for employees with a monthly income in the lowest basic wage tax bracket, excluding trainees or new hires (that is, those employed less than a calendar month).
- TEWF: Calculates the Tourism Employee Welfare Fund for employees of companies that fall under the tourism sector. When this option is selected, the TEWF calculated amount is displayed on payslips (except for trainees or new hires employed less than one calendar month).
General
- Employer Registration Number: ERN assigned to the organisation by the MRA. It consists of numbers 0 to 9 only.
- Employer Business Registration Number: BRN assigned to the organisation by the MRA. Characters allowed are A to Z and 0 to 9.
- Employer Name: Name of the employer. It must consist of valid letters and numbers only. Characters allowed are A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, and some other special (accented) characters.
- Telephone Number: Telephone number of the employer. Length of seven digits only (0 through 9).
- Mobile Number: Mobile phone number of the employer. Length usually seven digits (0 through 9), but if the number is eight digits long, it must begin with 5.
- Name of Declarant: This is the name of the person providing the information from the Employer. It must consist of valid letters and numbers only. Characters allowed are A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, and some other special (accented) characters.
- Email Address: Email address of the person providing the information from the employer.
SOE
- SOE Name of Declarant: Name of organisation's contact on employee SOE forms.
- Capacity in which acting: Designation of the capacity in which the SOE declarant is acting (for example, chief financial officer or payroll administrator).