[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":158},["ShallowReactive",2],{"income-tax-calculator-egypt":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"bestFor":6,"body":12,"country":26,"countryFacts":27,"countrySlug":33,"description":18,"excerpt":34,"extension":35,"faqs":36,"flag":49,"heroImage":34,"howItWorks":50,"lastUpdated":54,"meta":55,"metaDescription":57,"metaTitle":58,"navigation":59,"otherTaxes":60,"pageType":81,"path":82,"relatedFormations":83,"relatedGuides":84,"seo":85,"stem":86,"summaryCards":87,"taxBracketSections":103,"taxBrackets":104,"taxRates":130,"taxSlug":149,"taxType":150,"visas":151,"watchOut":152,"__hash__":157},"taxes\u002Fcountry\u002Fegypt\u002Fincome-tax.md","Income tax in Egypt",[7,8,9,10,11],"Employees","Expats","Contractors","High earners","Cross-border workers",{"type":13,"value":14,"toc":22},"minimark",[15,19],[16,17,18],"p",{},"Egyptian salary tax is band math with a withdrawal twist. Seven slices climb from zero to 27.5%, each applying to its own range after the EGP 20,000 exemption — straightforward until very high incomes, where the lower slices progressively vanish and the effective rate converges faster toward the top. Social insurance runs alongside at 11% employee and 18.75% employer between EGP 2,700 and 16,700 monthly, with universal-health add-ons rolling out by region. Employers withhold monthly and settle yearly.",[16,20,21],{},"Residence has three independent doors: a permanent Egyptian home, 183 days in any twelve months, or Egyptian-treasury-paid duties abroad. Through any door, local income is always taxable while foreign income joins only where Egypt is the commercial, industrial or professional centre — a narrower worldwide claim than pure residence systems. Non-residents pay on Egyptian work wherever the salary lands, subject to treaty day-counts. With brackets reset in 2024 and caps climbing yearly, multi-year assignments should index every figure rather than freezing year-one math.",{"title":23,"searchDepth":24,"depth":24,"links":25},"",2,[],"Egypt",{"region":28,"currency":29,"taxTreaties":30,"euBlacklist":31,"fatfStatus":32},"Africa","EGP","60","No","Not listed","egypt",null,"md",[37,40,43,46],{"question":38,"answer":39},"Do expats pay income tax in Egypt?","Yes, if resident or working in Egypt. Residents add foreign income where Egypt is their business centre, while short stayers pay on Egyptian work.",{"question":41,"answer":42},"What is the top income tax rate in Egypt?","27.5% above EGP 1.2 million, before 11% employee social insurance to the monthly cap.",{"question":44,"answer":45},"How much is tax-free in Egypt?","EGP 20,000 of personal exemption plus the zero band to EGP 40,000, with lower bands withdrawing at very high incomes.",{"question":47,"answer":48},"Is salary taxed differently from investment income?","Listed-share gains are exempt since 2026, while unlisted gains follow the same bands and dividends face 10% or 5% withholding.","🇪🇬",[51,52,53],"Egypt taxes residents on local income plus foreign income where Egypt is the commercial centre. A permanent home, 183 days in twelve months, or treasury-paid duties abroad each trigger residence.","Bands run 0% to EGP 40,000, 10% to EGP 55,000, 15% to EGP 70,000, 20% to EGP 200,000, 22.5% to EGP 400,000, 25% to EGP 1.2 million and 27.5% above, after the EGP 20,000 exemption. Lower bands withdraw progressively for very high incomes.","Social insurance takes 11% from employees and 18.75% from employers on insurable wages between EGP 2,700 and 16,700 monthly in 2026. Employers withhold monthly with yearly settlement.","September 2026",{"taxCalculatorFormula":56},"egypt-2026","Egypt income tax guide for expats and employees. See seven bands, the EGP 20,000 exemption, social caps and residence tests.","Egypt income tax: 2026 bands and social insurance",true,[61,65,69,73,77],{"title":62,"slug":63,"icon":64},"Wealth tax","wealth-tax","💰",{"title":66,"slug":67,"icon":68},"Inheritance tax","inheritance-tax","🏛️",{"title":70,"slug":71,"icon":72},"Capital gains tax","capital-gains-tax","📈",{"title":74,"slug":75,"icon":76},"Corporate tax","corporate-tax","🏢",{"title":78,"slug":79,"icon":80},"Dividend tax","dividend-tax","💸","tax","\u002Fcountry\u002Fegypt\u002Fincome-tax",[],[],{"title":5,"description":18},"country\u002Fegypt\u002Fincome-tax",[88,92,96,100],{"label":89,"value":90,"note":91},"Personal income tax","0% - 27.5%","Seven bands",{"label":93,"value":94,"note":95},"Personal exemption","EGP 20,000","Yearly",{"label":97,"value":98,"note":99},"Employee social","11%","To monthly cap",{"label":101,"value":102,"note":99},"Employer social","18.75%",[],[105,109,113,116,120,123,126],{"band":106,"rate":107,"note":108},"Up to EGP 40,000","0%","Includes personal exemption",{"band":110,"rate":111,"note":112},"EGP 40,001 to EGP 55,000","10%","Lower bands withdraw at very high incomes",{"band":114,"rate":115,"note":112},"EGP 55,001 to EGP 70,000","15%",{"band":117,"rate":118,"note":119},"EGP 70,001 to EGP 200,000","20%","Net taxable income",{"band":121,"rate":122,"note":119},"EGP 200,001 to EGP 400,000","22.5%",{"band":124,"rate":125,"note":119},"EGP 400,001 to EGP 1,200,000","25%",{"band":127,"rate":128,"note":129},"EGP 1,200,001 and above","27.5%","Top marginal rate",[131,135,138,141,143,146],{"label":132,"value":133,"badge":134},"Zero band","EGP 40,000","With exemption",{"label":136,"value":137},"Lower rates","10% \u002F 15%",{"label":139,"value":140},"Middle rates","20% \u002F 22.5%",{"label":142,"value":125},"Upper rate",{"label":144,"value":145},"Top rate","27.50%",{"label":147,"value":148},"Social cap monthly","EGP 16,700","income-tax","Income tax",[],[153,154,155,156],"Band withdrawal complicates top modelling. Very high incomes lose the lower slices progressively — confirm the step table with the authority before publishing calculators.","Social caps rise yearly by law. The EGP 16,700 ceiling moves about 15% annually, so multi-year offers need indexation.","Non-residents pay on Egyptian work wherever paid. Short assignments should check treaty days before assuming home-country shelter.","Minimum-wage and health-levy layers add up. The EGP 7,000 private floor plus health contributions sit outside the income-tax bands.","ZGEHLYunqnwHzFX7CBSJ3v-5Kje8x1nHP1f1W-EzVdk",1788594246765]