{"id":684667,"date":"2026-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/02\/01\/debt-interest-eats-up-record-tax-gains-in-1h-2025-26\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:00:00","slug":"debt-interest-eats-up-record-tax-gains-in-1h-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/02\/01\/debt-interest-eats-up-record-tax-gains-in-1h-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Debt interest eats up record tax gains in 1H 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Interest payments on public debt<\/strong><strong> were up 34.6% y-o-y in <\/strong><strong>1H FY 2025-26<\/strong> <strong>to <\/strong><strong>EGP 1.3 tn<\/strong> on the back of higher overall debt levels and borrowing costs, according to the Finance Ministry\u2019s latest financial performance report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The spike in debt servicing costs effectively eclipsed a record tax collection<\/strong>, which jumped 32.1% y-o-y to EGP 1.2 tn during the six-month period. Increased tax collection pushed total budget revenues up 30.2% y-o-y to EGP 1.4 tn alongside a 12.8% jump in non-tax revenues to EGP 177.5 bn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Despite efforts to curtail public spending increases<\/strong>, total public spending rose 26.9% y-o-y to EGP 2.2 tn, which the ministry attributed to a mix of rising wages, subsidies, and state investments, alongside debt service costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The result? The overall budget deficit widened 0.2 percentage points to 4.2% of GDP for <\/strong><strong>the period<\/strong>, coming in at EGP 881.73 bn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Why this matters: <\/strong>The government is running a tight ship on operations, but until interest rates fall significantly, the record tax checks you\u2019re writing are going straight to the banks, not into the ground.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>What\u2019s next? <\/strong>The market is waiting for the Public Debt Strategy, which is expected to be out very soon. We expect the Ministry to outline a pivot away from expensive, short-term T-bills toward longer-tenor bonds now that interest rates have likely peaked. 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