Taxes & Costs

Last updated: September 2026 Notary fees in Morocco usually add about 6% to 8% to the price of a titled home, so plan around 7%. However, that figure is not what the notary keeps. Instead, “notary fees” is the everyday name for the whole package of purchase costs paid through the notary’s office. Most of…

Selling property in Morocco as a foreigner is generally possible, and no rule blocks a sale simply because the owner is foreign. Before signing anything, however, check four things: the title, the tax position, the payment route, and the bank records behind your original purchase. Those four points decide how smoothly the sale completes and…

Morocco property capital gains tax for foreigners applies to the profit you make when you sell a Moroccan property, whether you live in Morocco or abroad. The tax is normally called TPI, short for taxe sur les profits immobiliers, and official documents also describe it as IR/PF, meaning income tax on property profits. In broad…

Rental income tax in Morocco for foreigners follows the property, not the passport of the owner. So if your apartment or riad sits in Morocco and earns rent, Morocco can tax that income while you live abroad. However, what you pay depends on the rent, the tenant, the type of letting and the option you…

How to avoid TPI tax in Morocco has one honest answer. You can only remove or reduce it when a legal exemption or deduction genuinely applies to your sale. TPI is short for taxe sur les profits immobiliers, the Moroccan tax on the gain you make when you sell a property. The standard rate is…

Foreign buyers in Morocco pay the same property transfer taxes as Moroccan buyers. Nationality does not change the rates, so Morocco property transfer taxes for foreigners depend on the property and on the declared price. However, the cost of completing a purchase is higher than most buyers expect. Two charges are predictable, because both are…