Amendments to development fees bill have been signed into law

LEGISLATION WATCH- Your dog food is about to get more expensive: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi signed into law yesterday a bill introducing new or higher development fees on a laundry list of goods and services, such as mobile phones, commercial internet bills, pet food, and raw tobacco, according to Al Shorouk. The new fees, which the Finance Ministry had proposed last month, are designed to help shore up public finances as government covid-19 support packages and stimulus spending strains budgets.