The real numbers behind buying property in Morocco, including every fee, tax, and hidden cost no one warns you about upfront.
Morocco will tax your rental income even if you live abroad. Most foreigners find this out after they’ve already bought, signed, and rented out the property. What surprises them even more is how simple it actually is to handle it correctly from the start. At a Glance: Rental Income Tax in Morocco for Foreigners Foreign…
When you sell property in Morocco as a foreigner, you pay a capital gains tax of 20% on the profit, with a minimum flat tax of 3% on the total sale price, even if you made no profit. Most foreigners don’t know about that 3% minimum rule, and it catches people off guard at the…
I almost paid 180,000 dirhams in capital gains tax on a property sale I didn’t need to pay at all. Not because I was doing anything wrong. I just didn’t know the exemptions existed. My notary mentioned the tax, I panicked, and I nearly wrote the check before a friend who works in real estate…
I almost lost 60,000 dirhams because I assumed Morocco’s tax rules worked the same way they did back home. That was my first mistake. And it nearly cost me a significant chunk of profit on a riad I sold in Marrakech after holding it for three years. If you’re a foreigner who owns property in…
The notary quoted me 50,000 MAD in fees. By the time we closed, I’d paid 94,000 MAD. Nobody lied to me. I just didn’t know what I didn’t know. If you’re a foreigner buying property in Morocco and trying to understand what Morocco property transfer taxes actually cost, this is the article I wish existed…
When foreigners ask me about buying property in Morocco, they usually focus on one thing: the price of the property But from my experience, that is only part of the story. The real surprise for most buyers comes later, when they discover the extra costs. And the biggest one is always: notary fees I have…