
Morocco's Civil Service Reaches 565,429 Employees in 2023, Government Report Shows
The data recorded in the report on human resources accompanying the 2023 Finance Bill indicate that Morocco has 565,429 civil servants this year.

The data recorded in the report on human resources accompanying the 2023 Finance Bill indicate that Morocco has 565,429 civil servants this year.

Between 2012 and 2022, the average salary in the Moroccan civil service increased by 15.1%, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

The government plans to introduce housing assistance in the 2023 budget for eligible buyers.

The government plans to reintroduce in 2023 the solidarity tax on profits to ensure better financing of the project to universalize social protection.

According to the 2023 Finance Bill, the public treasury expects to record revenues from the various taxes in force on cigarettes and alcohol, amounting to 14.4 billion dirhams.

Moroccan lawyers must now pay an advance on income tax or corporate tax for the current fiscal year to the court clerk’s office for the account of the tax administration. This is stipulated in the 2023 Finance Bill (PLF).

The day after the Council of Ministers chaired by King Mohammed VI, the Government Council met in Rabat and proceeded to adopt the draft finance law (PLF) for the year 2023 and the accompanying texts .

The wealth tax could be introduced in the 2023 Finance Bill (PLF2023) currently being finalized by the government. It should help replenish the state’s coffers in these times of crisis.

The government will meet on Thursday in a council during which seven draft decrees will be examined, including the one relating to the setting of the amount of the legal minimum wage in industry, commerce, the liberal professions and agriculture.

The head of the Moroccan government, Aziz Akhannouch, has asked ministers to reduce the operating expenses of their departments and make savings on their travel (by plane and official cars).

Faced with exogenous shocks threatening its economy, Morocco has two alternatives: to readjust its investment budget or to reorder its priorities. Two solutions that are not, for the time being, on the agenda, as the measures taken still make it possible to cope with the situation, the government assures.

Despite the economic situation, Morocco has overcome the rise in the price of basic necessities. For example, the price of butane gas has not seen any major change since 1990, according to the Minister in charge of the Budget, Fouzi Lekjaâ.