{"id":27593,"date":"2017-10-20T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T13:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.ecomnewsmed.com.ecn-01.ovea.com\/2017\/10\/20\/are-egypt-reforms-beginning-to-show-results\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:30:08","slug":"are-egypt-reforms-beginning-to-show-results","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2017\/10\/20\/are-egypt-reforms-beginning-to-show-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Egypt reforms beginning to show results?"},"content":"\nEgypt taxes revenues up 55%\nA rise in revenues from The Value-Added Tax (VAT) explains partly the situation, as a reminder Egyptian government has\u00a0raised it from 13% to 14%. The VAT generated EGP 50,7 billion, state-owned agencies and companies generated\u00a0EGP 16 billion, and Income taxes EGP 21,26 billion.\nIncome tax collections increased by 36%, but the biggest increase is coming from Oil sector&#8217;s VAT with a 520% compared to the last fiscal year. In addition to a tax increase, Egypt started a program of economic reforms to overcome its economic troubles. This includes local currency flotation, energy subsidy cuts. Indeed Egypt aims to narrow its budget deficit to 9,1% of GDP by the end of fiscal year 2017\/2018, last year the deficit reached 10,9% of GDP.\nIn the\u00a0report published in October 2017, The World Bank expected a decrease to 8,8% of GDP by 2017\/2018 fiscal year. According to Egypt&#8217;s finance minister Amr al-Garhy\u00a0\u201cEgypt plans to renew a USD billion funding agreement with international banks, while it seeks credit alternative sources, such as the issuance of bonds\u201d. The country plans to sell USD 4 billion, and EUR 1,5 billion in government bonds.\nAs a reminder\u00a0Egyptian program was supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and includes a USD 12 billion loans.\nSami Bouzid\nDiscover out our latest videos about the economic news in Egypt :\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\n\n","author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[5761,5766,5751,2961,5750,5759,5762],"location":[5600],"class_list":["post-27593","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-decision-makers","tag-economic-analysis","tag-economy","tag-institutions","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-trending","location-egypt"],"short_url":"","have_related_news":null,"chapo":"Taxes revenues up from 55 % for the first quarter of the fiscal year compared to the same period last year. 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