Sole ProprietorshipEgypt
What it takes to form, own and run a sole trader in Egypt, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.
This company type
At a glance
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A normal person incorporates a Sole Corporation alone, and is considered a merchant in the rule of law.
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Minimum capital of a Sole Corporation should be L.E.100000
Form it
Who registers it
- Registry
- Formed without visiting
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
- Formed online
- Yes
What it takes to form
- A notary
- Required
- A resident director
- Does not apply
- Paying up the capital
- Not in our records
Own it
Who may own and run it
- Directors
- Does not apply
- Shareholders
- At least 1 · at most 1 · individuals only
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A normal person incorporates a Sole Corporation alone, and is considered a merchant in the rule of law.
- Members
- At least 1 · at most 1 · one person may form it alone
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A normal person incorporates a Sole Corporation alone, and is considered a merchant in the rule of law.
- A local company secretary
- Does not apply
- A local registered agent
- Not stated
The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.
Each year, at the registry
Not in our records Annual registry fee, Accounts on the public record, Audit for a small company, Audit: none of these is in our records for the Sole Proprietorship.
Important dates
When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.
Not in our records No dates for the Sole Proprietorship are in our records.
What is public
Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the Sole Proprietorship.
Tax
Tax on profit
How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.
Not in our records
How this type is taxed is not in our records. A partnership or sole trader is often taxed through its owners; incp.pro does not assume it.
- CFC rules in Egypt
- Not in our records
Close it
Closing it
The other end, which most guides leave out.
Not in our records Route, Statutory fee: none of these is in our records for the Sole Proprietorship.
Every business in Egypt
VAT
- The tax
- VAT (value added tax)
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المطاعم غير السياحية تخضع لضريبة القيمة المضافة بالسعر العام 14% عند بلوغ حد التسجيل المنصوص عليه فى القانون ووفقا لاحكام القانون 67 لسنة 2016
- Standard rate
- 14%
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المطاعم غير السياحية تخضع لضريبة القيمة المضافة بالسعر العام 14% عند بلوغ حد التسجيل المنصوص عليه فى القانون ووفقا لاحكام القانون 67 لسنة 2016
- Registration threshold
- EGP 500,000
annual sales of taxable and exempt goods and services — the Egyptian Tax Authority states the compulsory registration threshold as EGP 500,000 and requires application within 30 days of starting the activity
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حد التسجيل بالضريبة على القيمة المضافة هو 500 ألف جنيه
- A foreign company
- See the note
The authority's pages read state no rule for a business with no establishment in Egypt; the reverse-charge treatment of imported services appears in its FAQ guide but not in terms that answer these three questions.
- Returns filed
- Monthly
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يلتزم بتقديم 12 إقرار بعدد شهور السنة ، وذلك كأصل عام ، لأن الإقرار يقدم شهريًا
- Tax authority
- Registration page read 2026-10-22
Payment and banking services
None of the services whose lists we hold names Egypt. Each provider, and what a listing means.
Reference
Its name and code
- Kind
- Sole traderDerived our grouping, the same words in every country
- Name in law
- Sole Proprietorship
- Identifier
- EG-SOLE-PROPRIETORSHIPA form ISO 20275 does not list.