Since the 2025 Budget, an individual can NO LONGER claim a deduction against his or her income each tax year (1).

A company can claim a deduction of 3 Mauritian Rupees for every 1 Mauritian Rupee donated to a Hope House Mauritius project, limited to a one million Rupee deduction in a tax year i.e. a company can benefit from deducting Rs1,000,000 from it’s income by donating Rs 333,333 to a Hope House Mauritian project (2).

In addition, every company, must set up a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Fund equivalent to 2% of its tax income of the preceding year.  At least 75% of this CSR Fund must be remitted to the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA), which then remits them to the National Social Inclusion Foundation (NSIF). (The NSIF is the central body for receiving and allocating public funds to NGOs, particularly those focused on social inclusion and poverty reduction.)

However, a company may choose to donate up to 50% of it’s CSR Fund to a charitable organisation which addresses one or more of the MRA’s priority areas of intervention. Hope House’s Mauritius programs qualify for addressing one or more such priority areas (3).