It will be recalled that the Government introduced the Wage Assistance Scheme (the “Scheme") in March 2020 in a bid to ensure that all employees (both Mauritians and expats) in the private sector are duly paid their salary for the month of March 2020. (Click here for our previous news release)

The Mauritius Revenue Authority issued another communique on 18 April 2020 to inform that the Scheme is being extended to cover the period 1st of April 2020 to 30th of April 2020 in view of the extension of the current lockdown period.

To access the latest communique from the MRA, please click here.