Egypt tax: key insights
- Tax year & currency
- 2026 · EGP. calendar year 2026 (salary tax withheld monthly on an annualised basis)
- Supported coverage
- Supported researched salary scenario · monthly payroll unless stated
- Scenario detail 1
- Only supplied input choices with complete calculation rules are supported; other choices are refused, never silently ignored.
- Scenario detail 2
- No ETA (official) source was retrieved. The rates rest on PwC, Morison and Andersen, which agree with each other.
- Scenario detail 3
- The exact band limits inside each high-income tier come from Deloitte's Law 175/2023 grid, re-based to the Law 7/2024 thresholds. The tiers are confirmed by Morison; the exact boundaries should be checked against the ETA tables.
- Scenario detail 4
- UHI: it is unconfirmed whether the employee's 1% replaces the sickness part of the 11% SI or is charged on top. The list of live governorates in 2026 (phase 2 is expanding to Minya and others) is also unconfirmed.
- Scenario detail 5
- Whether the Martyrs Fund is deductible is unconfirmed.
Egypt salary & tax FAQs
Sources & accuracy notes
Global Tax Calculator editorial · Content checked against the current model on 7 November 2026. Source publication dates and legal effective dates are separate. No licensed professional review is claimed.
- PwC – Egypt taxes on personal income
- PwC – Egypt other taxes (SI limits 2022–2027, Martyrs Fund)
- BDO – Egypt SI min/max 2026
- Morison – Law 7 of 2024 amendments (withdrawal tiers, EGP 20k exemption)
- Deloitte – Law 175/2023 tier table (structure)
- Mercans – UHI Law 2/2018 alert
- Andersen Egypt – PIT 2026
Open issues in the supplied research
- No ETA (official) source was retrieved. The rates rest on PwC, Morison and Andersen, which agree with each other.
- The exact band limits inside each high-income tier come from Deloitte's Law 175/2023 grid, re-based to the Law 7/2024 thresholds. The tiers are confirmed by Morison; the exact boundaries should be checked against the ETA tables.
- UHI: it is unconfirmed whether the employee's 1% replaces the sickness part of the 11% SI or is charged on top. The list of live governorates in 2026 (phase 2 is expanding to Minya and others) is also unconfirmed.
- Whether the Martyrs Fund is deductible is unconfirmed.
These are retained research concerns, not newly verified conclusions. Unsupported scenarios remain excluded even where a bounded estimate is enabled.
Tax residence, additional jobs, benefits and personal reliefs can change your liability. Consult a qualified adviser for decisions that depend on your actual tax position.