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JLCC
- March 16, 2023
Mukhtar Tawfiq, Head of the Egyptian Tax Authority, said that the Egyptian Tax Authority is working to make every effort and provide all facilities and technical support to the taxpayers who are obliged to join the electronic bill system, and this comes as the Tax Authority continues to communicate with the various institutions of the tax community to find out the obstacles facing the taxpayers when they join the system. Electronic invoice.
Mukhtar Tawfiq indicated that the electronic bill system would cancel the discretionary examination and facilitate the examination procedures, and that no costs or expenses will be taken into account from the first of April that are not recorded in the electronic invoice.
Salah Ismail, Director of Agreements Department at the Central Department of Electronic Transactions, explained that the electronic invoice system aims to shift from the paper system to the electronic system with simple procedures and without additional burdens, explaining that the electronic invoice system is specialized in B2B transactions (which is a system for issuing a tax invoice from company to company), and that the receipt system Electronic system, which is a tax collection system through the use of sales monitoring devices at POS points of sale, for B2C transactions (a system for issuing a tax receipt from a financier to a final consumer).
This came during a symposium held by the Egyptian Tax Authority with the National Media Authority, which dealt with the “electronic bill”, during which an explanation of how to apply the electronic bill system and clarification of solutions to the problems resulting from its application, was attended by Eng. Warsha Shabana, Director of the Central Administration for Electronic Transactions, and on the part of the National Media Authority, many undersecretaries, general managers and directors of departments from various sectors of the Authority attended.
Salah Ismail explained how to issue the electronic invoice, how to code items, and how to record the various types of taxes and payments made on the electronic invoice system, stressing the keenness of the Tax Authority to overcome any obstacles facing community members to facilitate their joining the electronic invoice system through the system’s support centers at the Senior Center. financiers in the tenth district of Nasr City, or through the hall of the Public Treasury Authority in Lazughli, or the inventory and declarations sector in Aga Khan, or the joint stock companies mission, or the investment mission, or the administrative headquarters of the Electronic Transactions Department in Salah Salem, or through field visits, and through the integrated communication center Call 16395 or via e-mail: einvoice_support@efinance.com.eg
Andrea Kamal, a systems analyst at the Central Department for Electronic Transactions, clarified the technical aspect of issuing the electronic invoice. He also confirmed the decision of the Minister of Finance No. 595 of 2022 that, as of 1/12/2022, all administrative agencies in the country are prohibited from issuing electronic payment orders to any of the suppliers, contractors, or service providers. Services are provided by companies and other natural persons, unless the invoices are issued through the electronic invoice system established at the Egyptian Tax Authority, and with the knowledge of those registered in that system, in order to achieve integration and linkage between the electronic platform system for the governance of contractors’ invoices, the government electronic payment system GPS, and the electronic invoice system E-invoice.