{"id":601384,"date":"2019-02-27T04:01:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T04:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/02\/27\/finmin-feb-reach-agreement-on-new-tax-treatment-deductibles\/"},"modified":"2019-02-27T04:01:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T04:01:18","slug":"finmin-feb-reach-agreement-on-new-tax-treatment-deductibles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/02\/27\/finmin-feb-reach-agreement-on-new-tax-treatment-deductibles\/","title":{"rendered":"FinMin, FEB reach agreement on new tax treatment deductibles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <b>EXCLUSIVE- FinMin, FEB reportedly reach agreement on cost-to-income ratio in new tax treatment: <\/b>The Finance Ministry and the Federation of Egyptian Banks (FEB) have reached an agreement on a key aspect of <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/02\/24\/el-sisi-ratifies-new-tax-treatment-for-egyptian-banks\/\">newly ratified amendments to the Income Tax Act<\/a> that change how banks and corporations account for income from investments in government debt. The agreement will see the cost-to-income ratio on income from holdings of treasuries capped at 50%, a senior government source tells us, and allow these expenses to be counted as deductibles against pre-tax income on the income statement. This provision, as well as rules on the recognition and calculation of allowable costs, are expected to be in the executive regulations, which could be out \u201cin a matter of days,\u201d the source tells us. The Finance Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/01\/21\/tax-authority-to-mark-cost-of-investment-as-deductible-in-new-banking-tax-treatment\/\">had previously agreed<\/a> to mark the cost of investment in treasuries as deductible in the new tax treatment.<\/p>\n<p><b>Are banks to account separately for FX-denominated treasuries?<\/b> The executive regs will outline how banks and companies will be required to account for FX-denominated government treasuries, the source told us, but did not elaborate. The source did hint that a formula might be in the works that could see them accounted for separately.<\/p>\n<p><b>Will the law apply retroactively?<\/b> The new tax treatment will not apply to any government debt bought at auction prior to the issuance of the executive regulations, unless those treasuries are later traded to another institution or sold on the secondary market (once that secondary market starts trading), the source said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE- FinMin, FEB reportedly reach agreement on cost-to-income ratio in new tax treatment: The Finance Ministry and the Federation of Egyptian Banks (FEB) have reached an agreement on a key aspect of newly ratified amendments to the Income Tax Act that change how banks and corporations account for income from investments in government debt. 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