{"id":625973,"date":"2018-08-27T04:39:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T04:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/08\/27\/investors-in-tech-zones-could-receive-tax-breaks-of-up-to-50\/"},"modified":"2018-08-27T04:39:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T04:39:33","slug":"investors-in-tech-zones-could-receive-tax-breaks-of-up-to-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/08\/27\/investors-in-tech-zones-could-receive-tax-breaks-of-up-to-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors in tech zones could receive tax breaks of up to 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-07\"><\/a> Investors in new Egyptian tech zones could get tax breaks of up to 50% for a period of three years under an incentive scheme that should come into effect soon, Communications and Information Technology Minister Amr Talaat said yesterday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Story\/387214\/17\/50-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A6%D8%A9-%D8%AE%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D8%B6%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A9%E2%80%8E\">Al Mal reports<\/a>. 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