Monthly Salary Tax Payment
Employers pay the salary tax they withheld each month. The tax is worked out on each employee's annual pay and spread over the months, so the unified payroll system needs the full picture of pay, allowances and the personal exemption.
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Who this applies to
- Every employer
- Sole proprietors and partnerships with staff
What to file
The monthly payroll calculation in the ETA unified payroll system. For each employee the system needs the gross pay, the employee's social insurance share and any allowances, so the tax for the month is right.
How to file
Through the ETA unified payroll tax system. AccountsOS does not submit to the Egyptian Tax Authority. The company or its accountant files. Finn keeps the date on your calendar, reminds you before it falls due and shows the figures from the books your accountant needs.
Payment due
Within 15 days after the month.
Penalties for missing this deadline
Late payment adds a late payment charge. Confirm the amount with your accountant. Tax deducted from pay but not paid over remains the employer's debt to the ETA.
Filing checklist
- Run payroll in the ETA payroll system
- Check each employee's social insurance share
- Pay the tax
- Add new employees and remove leavers before running payroll
- Keep the payment receipt with the month's payroll
- Check each employee's gross pay and allowances
- Confirm the personal exemption is applied
Documents you'll need
- Payroll report
- Employee national IDs
- Allowances and bonuses paid in the month
- Joiners and leavers in the month
- Each employee's social insurance details
Common mistakes to avoid
- Computing tax on monthly pay without annualising
- Forgetting the EGP 20,000 personal exemption
- Paying staff outside the payroll system
- Leaving bonuses out of taxable pay
- Paying the tax late because payroll was late
- Using last year's payroll settings after a change in the law
- Leaving a new employee out of the first month
Never miss a Egypt deadline
AccountsOS tracks every Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA) and General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) and the Commercial Register deadline and reminds you weeks ahead.
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