Morocco’s draft 2026 budget proposes to revise the tax regime applied to private equity funds, known as OPCC, replacing the broad “neutrality” they have long enjoyed with clearer and more conditional rules on how fund income and distributions are taxed.
The goal, according to the Finance Ministry, is not to end neutrality outright but to better define it, so that each type of income is taxed according to its nature, whether as dividends, interest, or capital gains.
The reform is part of a wider effort to tighten a system where tax breaks have become costly and concentrated. Funds can therefore expect more reporting requirements, closer alignment with other collective investment vehicles, and fewer automatic exemptions.
What is an OPCC
OPCC, short for Organismes de Placement Collectif en Capital, are Morocco’s private equity and venture capital funds.
They raise money from multiple investors and use it to invest in unlisted Moroccan small and medium-sized companies that need financing to expand, modernize, or enter new markets.
In other words, OPCC supply “growth capital” that traditional banks or the stock market may not provide.
The legal framework for OPCC was modernized in 2023 through Law 58-22, which amended Law 41-05. The reform created “simplified” fund structures—known as règles de fonctionnement allégées—and updated governance and management rules to make the regime more flexible and attractive. However, the 2023 law left fiscal details to be defined later, which the draft 2026 finance bill now addresses.
What exactly is changing in 2026
The Finance Ministry’s presentation note for the 2026 draft budget explains that OPCC currently benefit from tax neutrality, meaning the funds themselves are not taxed and that distributions to investors are generally treated as dividends.
The new proposal would refine this approach by reclassifying how distributed income is taxed.
Instead of assuming all payouts are dividends, the law would tax each according to its real nature, aligning OPCC with other collective investment schemes and reducing ambiguity.
Why now
The 2026 draft budget’s annex on tax expenditures reports 274 preferential measures in effect for 2025, costing about 32 billion dirhams, with value-added tax (VAT) items representing roughly half the total.
Many of these measures predate 2020, which helps explain the government’s effort to refocus fiscal incentives on social and productive priorities while phasing out older or less effective ones. The OPCC reform fits into this broader rationalization.
The 2023 reform of the OPCC statute (Law 58-22) modernized the legal framework for private equity and venture capital activity. The draft 2026 budget complements that reform by defining the fiscal treatment of fund income and distributions.
Together, these measures move OPCC from a loosely defined, largely tax-neutral framework to a more structured regime with clear categories, obligations, and incentives. Morocco’s goal is to make its tax system more efficient and transparent, showing that preferential treatment must be tied to measurable investment and social outcomes.
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