Provides a professional English Translation of Law No. 91 of 2005 which includes the primary structural rules for accounting bases.
Introduced the modern concept of PE in Egyptian tax law, defining how foreign entities are taxed on income sourced within Egypt. Statute of Limitations and Compliance
Income Tax Law (promulgated by Law No. 91 of 2005), Egypt - WIPO
The law originally restructured tax rates into tiers, often capped at 20% for many corporate and individual entities at the time of its inception.
To be deductible, expenses must be real, documented (with some exceptions for customary costs), and essential to the business activity.
The 2005 law established specific rules for how "taxable income" is calculated, moving away from subjective estimates to documented accounting: