Reda Abdel Kader, head of the Egyptian Tax Authority, announced that the authority had issued two guidelines for tax treatment for e-commerce practitioners and content creators.

In a statement issued today by the Tax Authority, Abdel Kader explained that the first guide contains the rules and instructions of the tax treatment for e-commerce, including marketing and consulting services in all their forms if provided via the Internet, as well as freelancers and e-learning workers.

As for the second guide, it includes the rules and instructions for tax treatment of content creators, and it includes YouTubers, bloggers, and influencers. He noted that these guides have been published on the authority’s website, where they can be downloaded.

Abdel Kader said that these guidelines show the tax treatment of each type of activity as well as the tax compliance mechanisms, rights, and obligations of the financiers, in addition to the benefits that financiers could get from being registered in the tax authority, to ensure that financiers have proper awareness of the correct tax treatment to help them avoid being penalized by the law.

The head of the Tax Authority explained that any revenues made from any professions or activity, whether these revenues are made from delivering the service in Egypt or abroad, as long as Egypt is where this job gets done, become taxable. He pointed out that the Egyptian tax laws do not distinguish between traditional commerce and electronic commerce, as both are equal before the law. It is necessary to adhere to registering with the Egyptian Tax Authority, and then submit tax declarations on their legal dates.