Taxes & Costs

Morocco property purchase costs usually add around 6 percent to 8 percent on top of the price you agree with the seller. Buyers often call this “notary fees,” but in practice it means the full closing cost package handled through the notary: registration tax, land registry fees, the notary’s professional fee, VAT, stamps, and admin…

Morocco Property Capital Gains Tax, 2026 At a Glance TPI stands for Taxe sur les Profits Immobiliers, Morocco’s property profit tax. The standard rate is generally 20% of the net taxable gain. A minimum of 3% of the gross sale price applies regardless of actual profit. Foreigners, resident or non-resident, pay the same TPI rates…

Morocco will tax your rental income even if you live abroad. Most foreigners find this out after they have 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…

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 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…