14% VAT and the Egyptian pound are configured for you at sign-up, with the reduced and exempt codes you need alongside them.
Egypt
Running your books in Egypt
There is a regulator, a rate and an electronic filing obligation to satisfy here. All three are handled inside the software you use every day, rather than by a second product bolted on beside it.
Currency
EGP
Standard rate
VAT 14%
Electronic invoicing
Mandatory
Authority
the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA)
Rates and obligations on this page were last reviewed on 11 September 2026. They are given for orientation, not as tax advice — check the current position with the authority or your accountant before you rely on it.
What that means for a business in Egypt
Item codes, tax types and registration numbers are held as structured data, which is exactly what an electronic submission is made of.
Credit notes and corrections follow the document they amend, so a corrected invoice never leaves the ledger and the submission disagreeing.
A high-volume month is normal here, so the ledger, the reports and the exports are built to stay fast at that size.
E-invoicing ready
One vendor, one login, one bill
The usual arrangement is accounting software from one company and an e-invoicing service from another, joined by an integration that someone has to keep working. That is two contracts, two support queues and a seam where invoices go missing. Here the invoice, the tax and the accounting entry are the same record.
- No integration project, and no integration to maintain afterwards
- One price that covers the books and the filing together
- A correction updates the ledger and the submission at the same time
- One team to call when something is wrong
What the first hour looks like
Four steps, in this order, and you are working. Choosing Egypt at sign-up fills in most of them for you.
- Your company Name, address and financial year. Choosing Egypt sets EGP as your base currency and picks the right time zone, so your first day's dates are already correct.
- Your tax codes VAT at 14% is created for you, along with the zero-rated and exempt codes you will need for a mixed invoice.
- Your chart of accounts A standard chart is created for you. Rename it, extend it or import your accountant's own — nothing here is locked.
- Your opening balances Customers, suppliers, bank balances and stock on hand, entered or imported from a spreadsheet. After that you are simply working.
WisoBooks is a bookkeeping and business-management tool, not an accounting, tax or legal advisor. Nothing on this page is tax advice, and tax rules change. Confirm your own obligations with the relevant authority or a qualified advisor.