# What is Salary tax?

Country: Egypt

Income tax on salaries, withheld by the employer every month through the ETA unified payroll system and paid within 15 days after the month.

## Current rate (Calendar year, computed on annualised pay.)

Progressive brackets in Article 8 of the Income Tax Law, after a personal exemption of EGP 20,000 a year.

## Example

An employer withholds salary tax from October pay and pays it to the ETA by 15 November.

## How Salary tax works in Egypt

The employee's social insurance share is deducted before the brackets apply. Employers file the quarterly payroll return (Form 4) in January, April, July and October. Finn does not quote the bracket table from memory: the ETA payroll system is the source.

Source: https://eta.gov.eg/ar/node/1382

## Related terms

- [Social insurance (NOSI)](https://accounts-os.com/eg/glossary/social-insurance-egypt)