Gov’t looking to issue new legislation to end tax disputes

EXCLUSIVE- Gov’t looking to issue new legislation to end tax disputes: The government is currently looking at new legislation that would provide a framework to resolve tax disputes, but has no intention to increase the basic salary tax exemption, Tax Authority head Abdel Azim Hussein told Enterprise. The domestic press had reported yesterday that one MP was pushing to have the House increase the basic salary tax exemption to EGP 9,000 per year, up from EGP 8,000 currently. Hussein provided no details on the new legislation the government is mulling.