Latest in Tag: Tax Authority Highlight
Latest in Tag: Tax Authority

Tax Authority asks e-commerce platforms to quickly register as taxpayers to avoid legal issues
Authority stressed that Income Tax Law addresses offline, online commercial activities equally

Paper invoices to be rejected as of April 2023: Tax Authority
E-invoice system to be fully applied by mid-December 2022

Tax Authority urges companies obligated to use e-invoices to conclude their registration procedures before 15 June
Companies can obtain an electronic seal through Egypt Trust, MCDR, and Fixed Misr

Tax Authority sets final deadline for companies to join e-invoice system z
Reda Abdel Kader, head of the Egyptian Tax Authority, has announced that Wednesday is the final deadline for companies to join the new electronic invoice (e-invoice) system. Companies that fail to register at the system may face legal litigation. Abdul Kader said, in a statement on Tuesday, that companies that did not join the e-invoice …

Government is keen on developing Tax Authority: Moiet
Moeit’s statements came during a press conference for the development of the Tax Authority, where he pointed out that the government is working to develop and restructure of the authority as it contributes more than 75% of the country’s total revenues.

Egypt’s tax receipts increase by 40% in 2017: head of Tax Authority
Egyptian tax receipts witnessed an increase of 40% this year as compared to last year, said Emad Samy, head of the Tax Authority, in his speech at the headquarters of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. He added that the current tax disputes law would be ineffectual by 7 September, though the taxpayer who would …

Successful VAT implementation would be triumph for government, tax authority
New committee to be established for selecting leadership positions, says deputy finance minister

EGP 70bn tax dues, new legislation to eliminate disputes
Debt from government institutions comprise EGP 30bn of the total; VAT executive regulations to be issued in a month

Tax Authority collects EGP 200bn since last July, head says
Revenues from taxes are expected to record EGP 422bn in FY 2016\2017, El-Monayer says

Federation of Egyptian Banks, Tax Authority settle disputes regarding stamp tax
The Federation of Egyptian Banks and the Egyptian Tax authority have reached a final agreement to settle the disputes between banks and the authority regarding the stamp tax. The agreement was signed between the federation and the authority on Tuesday. The agreement was reached after a committee comprising of representatives of the two parties was …

Tax Authority addresses Egyptian investors to pay taxes
Demands include providing tax returns and payment of capital gains taxes registered in the second half of 2014

Increase in air tickets prices adds EGP 330m to budget: Tax Authority Head
Hiking transport prices reduces budget deficit, Mattar says

Taxes on commercial, industrial activities to significantly increase under VAT
Tax will rise from EGP 54,000 to EGP 500,000 for industrial activities, while commercial actives will generate a tax rise from EGP 150,000 to 500,000

Civil Service Law responds to public demands to end bureaucracy: Mehleb
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb has met representatives of protesting employees of the Customs and Tax Authorities to discuss their demands regarding the newly issued Civil Service Law. At least 2,000 state employees from the Customs and Tax Authorities held a demonstration against the law on 10 August in front of the Press Syndicate in Downtown …

EGPC, Suez Canal, CBE have EGP 35bn tax arrears: Tax Authority Head
Matar says amount to be collected within current fiscal year

Government collects 6% of tax value: Head of Large Taxpayer Centre
Finance minister said government collected EGP 180bn in nine months

Finance minister amends executive income tax regulation
Amendments entail imposing tax on dividends achieved by an individual whose transactions do not exceed EGP 5bn during tax period

Tax authority issues 2m property tax exemptions
Notifications were sent to 6.3m residential units

Al-Sisi obliges financial services, public sector to pay income tax electronically
Finance minister said amendment helps managing public debt as it improves flow of tax revenues to the CBE

Government postpones Economic Summit to avoid Chinese New Year
Dispute surrounding Kuwaiti grant valuing $1bn, Ministry of Finance confirms its arrival, International Cooperation denies

Income and capital gains tax revenues register EGP 7.8m in July, August
Budget revenues increase by 0.7% to reach EGP 34.4bn
The elimination of tax exemption is a ‘necessity’: Tax Authority head
Mostafa Abdel Qader, chairman of Egypt’s Tax Authority, requested that tax exemptions that Egypt has granted for decades be eliminated, stressing that Egypt has not reaped benefits from them and that they are a “type of intellectual colonisation”. “The imposition of taxes on dividends and capital gains represent a bigger step towards achieving greater justice,” …

Government to settle 22 disputes with investors
The committee has also drafted solutions for another dispute between the Tax Authority and one steel firm over tax collection as well, according to Mahfouz.

Finance ministry yet to impose property tax on petroleum companies: Adviser
Public petroleum establishments will be exempted, while private companies will be subject to the law, says senior Tax Authority official

Hotels chamber demands property tax to be based on replacement value
Using replacement value method would reduce property tax for Cairene hotels by 90%, says deputy chairman
Taxes from top companies total EGP 7.1bn
Telecom Egypt, Ezz Steel, and Cemex Egypt among top tax paying companies

Cabinet amends Property Tax Law
The amendments include establishing a committee in every governorate to survey and evaluate the rental value of properties.
February tax evasion cases valued at EGP 2.6bn
There have been 378 tax evasion cases in February, the interior ministry says

Tax revenues record EGP 125bn
EGP 5bn increase year on year in tax revenues in the period from July to February

IMF delegation to visit Egypt in January
The delegation will resume talks about Value Added Tax draft law