Egypt Tax & Customs
The Government of Egypt is keen to provide an atmosphere for investments that is characterized by its support to the development process of the country. The government gives the private sector priority to invest in various fields in order to participate in this development. The government is working on developing policies and procedures that will provide services to investors in general and exporters in particular. They give support to the principle of transparency on a local and international level. The Egyptian Government has made the Customs Law (2005) and Customs Tariff available in English and Arabic, including the explanations according to the harmonized system for the year 2002; in addition to the executive bill for the exemptions law. Egypt's corporate tax is competitive at a maximum of 20%. Egypt's income tax varies from 5% to a maximum of 20%, and sales tax (reclaimable like VAT) ranges from 5% to 10%. For further information, visit the website of the Egyptian Ministry of Finance: http://www.mof.gov.eg/english/. To access the customs tariff table click here
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