Egypt - Obtain a Tax Credit Certificate

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Procedure

The withholding agent has to access the Egyptian Tax Authority web portal through http://www.eta.gov.eg/English then

• logs into the Egyptian Tax Authority y account (using TIN and password),
• Select Generate tax credit certificate from the list of e-services on the left side,
• Generates TCC for more than single payee,
• provide return number and the period the click search for all the details to populate,
• select all then provide the following details if you want to generate TCC for single payee;
• Return period, Tin /name of the payee, Return number,
• Then select search to return the details of the taxpayer for which you can generate TCC, on generating TCC, you receive a notification that certificate generated successfully, an auto generated message will be sent to the payee with the attachment of a copy of the TCC An auto generated message will be sent to the payee with the attachment of a copy of the TCC also a withholding tax agent/payer can log into his account (TIN and password) and check under received messages to view the tax credit certificate.

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Required Documents

• A certified legible copy of the taxpayers Identity document or Passport document.
• Proof of identity document/passport
• Affidavit to justify the absence of the identity/passport together with the temporary identity document/passport.
• Proof bank statement with the bank stamp that confirms the account holder's name, account number, account type, and branch code;
• Proof of residential address, e.g municipal account/utility bill of an individula not more than three months old reflecting the name and residential address

Office Locations & Contacts

Egyptian Tax Authority

Website: http//www.eta.gov.eg/English

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Finance Towers, Nasr City.

Extension of Ramsis Street,

Abbassiya, Cairo

Tel: +20 2 2342 8886;

Tel: +20 2 2342 8010;

Tel: +20 2 2342 8032;

Tel: +20 2 2342 8830;

Tel: +20 2 2342 8840

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mof.gov.eg/english

Eligibility

A withholding tax agent is required to generate and issue a Tax Credit certificate to the Payee

Fees

Free of charge

The tax rates on the net annual income of natural persons are as follows:

• More than LE 5,000 up to LE 20,000: 10%.
• More than LE 20,000 up to LE 40,000: 15%.
• More than LE 40,000 up to LE 10,000,000: 20%.
• More than LE 10,000,000: 25%

Validity

Valid for 1 year.

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Processing Time

One day but There is no set time for this service.

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Instructions

One has to log onto his account on the Egyptian Tax Authority website to generate the Tax Credit Certificate and issue it to the payee

Required Information

• Login ID
• password
• return date
• nature of payment
• TIN
• return number
• name of payee (Note All returns are done online)

Need for the Document

A person required to retain tax on a payment made to a payee, is required to remit the retained tax to Egyptian Tax Authority' Authority and file a Tax credit return by the due date. The withholding tax agent is required to generate and issue a Tax Credit certificate to the Payee. A registered Payee shall receive a copy of the Tax Credit Certificate (TCC) in Received Messages through their account on the Egyptian Tax Authority web portal.

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External Links

http://www.egypt.gov.eg/english/laws/tax/chp_six/part_one.aspx

http://www.iberglobal.com/files/egypthighlights-2014.pdf

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