Category: Morocco
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Work from home opportunities for Moroccans
Even if remote jobs can be done from home or anywhere, not all companies accept applications from Morocco. This can be due to law, timezones, etc. And if you’re from Morocco and using an international job board like WeWorkRemotely or OKJob, you are probably double-checking each posting to be sure you can apply. And this…
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What is the auto-entrepreneur status in Morocco and when to use it?
Note: This article was updated on the 18th January 2023 following the new 2023 financial law. I get a lot of questions about the auto-entrepreneur status in Morocco, and especially the 1% taxation part. Why not paying 2% instead of +35%? And why spend too much time creating a company when you can get this…
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Dealing with Moroccan banks without losing your mind
Even after spending more than a year dealing with banks and international transfers, I still think it’s a hard game! In this post, I’ll share my process of finding the best bank in Morocco, how to accept international payments and what are the fees. Banking is something that scares lot of people wanting to start…
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Understanding company taxation in Morocco
This article was updated on 7 March 2022. In prior articles, we covered what entity you need to work remotely. How you can get health insurance. And now we’ll talk about the taxes. To sum up, there are 4 different types of taxes you’ll need to declare/pay: TVA (Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée) This is…
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How to get health insurance in Morocco when you work remotely
Last time, we talked about what type of company you need in order to work remotely from Morocco. This time, we’ll talk about health care as it’s an important subject for me and for lot of people. For more articles about the legal side of working remotely from Morocco, check the Legal category. In Morocco,…
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Creating the perfect legal entity to work remotely from Morocco
One of the most asked questions about working remotely is how you deal with all the legal paperwork. It was my first question when I started too. I’ll make sure to respond to all question around this topic. I guess it’s stopping a lot from starting in the remote world, so I’ll try to make…
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Best Coffee Shops for working in Casablanca
This is a list of the best coffee shops I tried and recommend for working or studying in Casablanca. If you want a professional space, like a co-working space, we have another list for that. The general note given takes into consideration things like power sockets, noise, mood, view, quality of mobile signal… but also…
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Why software engineers are leaving Morocco
In 2018, between 50 to 100 software engineers left Morocco every month, usually for France. While Morocco is proud of this achievement, as it shows his good education system, there is something we need to ask ourselves: Why? I’ve worked in the Moroccan software industry for nearly 2 years before quitting. These years were more…