Moroccan Tax Authorities Uncover Shell Company Scheme in Southern Provinces

In a response to a written question from a parliamentary adviser, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, revealed that these Moroccan companies are creating companies that only exist on paper by using a false address in a region or in a low-tax country.

To put an end to this form of tax evasion, the minister indicated that the tax authorities will be instructed to implement a series of measures to strengthen the control of companies that do not pay their taxes and to rationalize the obtaining by the latter of tax certificates, necessary to participate in public contracts.

The minister added that since 2018, the Directorate General of Taxes has amicably settled the cases of these companies in the south exercising their activities outside the region, assuring that these companies have already paid their tax debts.