Private house owners spared from real estate Egypt tax

The Minister of Finance Mohamed Moeit issued a decision to spare private house (property, villa, home) owners from real estate Egypt tax, to provide tax relief.

Moeit said that citizens who qualify for the real estate Egypt tax since the application of the law in 2013 until 2018, can apply for the tax instalments for these years through the Egyptian Real Estate Taxation Authority.The minister stressed that the citizen can pay the current year's tax (2018) along with that of the previous year.

Taxpayers who are unable to pay the real estate tax of their housing, apartments units are entitled to apply to the state to bear the tax on their behalf, if they can prove their inability to pay due to social circumstances, in accordance to specific procedures and controls.