Egypt VAT / Sales Tax
Detailed vat / sales tax rates and rules for Egypt in 2026.
VAT / Sales TaxEGP
Egypt's VAT is levied at 14% on most goods and services. Essential food items, healthcare services, and educational services are exempt or zero-rated. A reduced rate of 5% applies to machinery and equipment for production purposes. Registration is mandatory for businesses with annual turnover exceeding EGP 500,000. Egypt modernized its VAT system in 2016, replacing the general sales tax.
Standard Rate
14%
Registration Threshold
EGP 500,000 annual turnover
Reduced Rates
0% — Exports, essential food items (bread, milk, sugar, tea), educational services5% — Machinery and equipment used in production
How Egypt VAT / Sales Tax compares
Egypt’s standard VAT / sales tax rate of 14% is the 120th highest of 203 countries TaxAtlas tracks, above the global average of 13.7% and Africa’s regional average of 15.2%.
Egypt
14%
Africa average
15.2%
Global average
13.7%
