MU · Country and locale facts
Document format and locale facts for Mauritius
Use these defaults as a practical starting point for presentation. ISO/CLDR formatting facts are not legal or tax advice, and reviewed jurisdiction guidance is identified separately.
Currency & locale
MUR · fr-MU
Paper & date
A4 · DD/MM/YYYY (DMY)
Language
fr (official) · LTR
Text system
gregory calendar · latn digits
Why these defaults?
The country code comes from ISO 3166. Unicode CLDR supplies presentation-oriented locale, currency, paper, date, language, calendar, numbering, and direction metadata. Defaults reduce setup time; they do not decide what a valid document must contain.
Recorded official or regional-official language tags: fr, en.
Selected national claims reviewed
Document vocabulary and checks
MRA primary guidance for VAT-invoice particulars, VAT/BRN/TAN vocabulary, five-year business-record retention, and e-Invoicing EBS/fiscalisation boundaries is reviewed. Formnivo does not validate registration, determine VAT liability, certify or onboard an EBS, obtain an EBS MRA ID, transmit, fiscalise, or replace transaction-specific advice.
Evidence snapshot: 6 official sources · last reviewed 2026-07-19. This is scoped guidance, not a jurisdiction-wide compliance certification.
Tax labels: VAT. Business identifier labels: VAT Registration Number / Business Registration Number (BRN).
- Required when applicable: A Mauritius VAT invoice must identify itself as a VAT invoice and include the registered supplier's name, business address, VAT registration number and BRN, serial number, issue date, supply description and quantity where applicable, value excluding VAT, VAT amount and rate, and prescribed purchaser particulars.Evidence MU_MRA_VAT_INVOICE · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
- Required when applicable: Use the supplier's VAT registration number and Business Registration Number on an in-scope VAT invoice. MRA uses a Tax Account Number for tax-portal access, but Formnivo does not validate any identifier or registration status.Evidence MU_MRA_VAT_INVOICE, MU_MRA_TAN_PORTAL · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
- Required when applicable: Keep proper business records in English or French, in chronological order, for at least five years. Retain issued and received invoices as part of those records.Evidence MU_MRA_RECORD_KEEPING · reviewed 2026-07-19 · review by 2027-01-19 · automation advisory only
- Required when applicable: An economic operator brought into Mauritius e-Invoicing must use a compliant EBS, complete portal tests and onboarding, obtain an EBS MRA ID and transmit fiscal invoices for authority fiscalisation. This local preview cannot register, test, obtain an EBS MRA ID, fiscalise or transmit a document.Evidence MU_MRA_EINVOICING, MU_MRA_EINVOICING_REGULATION · reviewed 2026-07-18 · review by 2027-01-18 · automation advisory only
Identifier format guidance: See the relevant authority.
Reviewed official sources
- Mauritius Revenue Authority - e-Invoicing system and fiscalisation workflowLast verified 2026-07-18
- Mauritius Revenue Authority - Secure Hub EBS compliance, testing and live-transmission contextLast verified 2026-07-18
- Mauritius Revenue Authority - required VAT-invoice particularsLast verified 2026-07-19
- Mauritius Revenue Authority - TAN taxpayer-portal identityLast verified 2026-07-19
- Mauritius Revenue Authority - business record-keeping guidanceLast verified 2026-07-19
- Mauritius Revenue Authority - VAT e-Invoicing Regulations 2023Last verified 2026-07-19
Registry provenance
- ISO 3166 Country Codescode-list · verified 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR 48.2formatting-metadata · verified 2026-07-15
- Unicode CLDR Territory-Language Informationformatting-metadata · verified 2026-07-15