Tax authority exempts some self-employed professionals from e-invoicing

If you’re self-employed and dealing with end consumers, you don’t have to worry about e-invoicing: Self-employed professionals including lawyers, pharmacists, and doctors who directly serve end-customers are no longer obligated to register with the Egyptian Tax Authority’s e-invoicing system, the head of the authority, Mokhtar Tawfik, said Thursday. Self-employed people will only need to register if they work with entities that are required to file e-invoices, such as companies and other organizations.

E-invoicing has been widely opposed by the self-employed: Doctors, lawyers and pharmacists came out in opposition to the reforms last year, arguing that the costs were prohibitively expensive.

More on this: The Tax Authority has formed joint committees with professional syndicates to address obstacles preventing the self-employed from registering with the system, Mokhtar said.

SAVE THE DATE: Self-employed individuals have until 30 April to register with the tax authority’s e-invoicing system after the Finance Ministry extended the deadline from 15 December.