June 02 (The Independent) -- The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) launched the Electronic Current Payment System (E-CPS), a new online service, on Wednesday. The new website is part of the MRA’s initiative to encourage more taxpayers to complete their returns online. Professionals in private practice and those involved in rental market are concerned by this quarterly exercise. Three criteria are...Read more

Member of the European Commission (EC) Andris Piebalgs, Development Commissioner, received Pravind Jugnauth, vice prime minister and minister for Finance and Economic Development on Monday in Brussels, Belgium for high level discussions. Jugnauth stated that Mauritius enjoys excellent relations with the EC and is committed to further develop and modernise their good relations and cooperation...Read more

Its packages will include flights, in-resort transfers, hotel accommodation, three meals a day and unlimited local drinks as standard. Around 65 percent of the company’s holidays are already all-inclusive. First Choice says the move will make it the UK’s first mainstream holiday company to specialise in “all-inclusive” only. It is targeting the deals at budget conscious UK holidaymakers, claiming a “price test” showed a typical family could save more than £500 a week by buying an all-inclusive option....Read more

Air Mauritius is to bump up the price of air tickets – TWICE.

*The first increase is a fuel surcharge and it will come into force this week.
*The second hike is a “rise in price” of the ticket and is expected to be introduced in April. The amount has not yet been decided...Read more

Sun Resorts Ltd.’s opening of its Long Beach Hotel is poised to boost revenue by 30 percent in fiscal 2011, said Arnaud Dalais, chairman of Mauritius’s second- largest leisure operator by market value...Read more