27 July 2016
The Egyptian finance minister has announced that VAT will be introduced in Egypt from September 2016.
The VAT rate will be set at 14% and it is hoped that by switching to VAT from the current sales tax regime it will raise additional revenue to help deal with the countries growing deficit.
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