Egypt - Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue)

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Egypt was 24.11 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 29.67 in 2011, while its lowest value was 6.35 in 1975.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1975 6.35
1976 8.21
1977 8.39
1978 13.55
1979 14.35
1981 18.76
1982 17.61
1983 18.15
1984 13.67
1985 14.93
1986 15.99
1987 14.21
1988 14.27
1989 15.19
1990 18.06
1991 17.85
1992 20.49
1993 19.39
1994 17.81
1995 16.63
1996 20.24
1997 20.68
2002 20.42
2003 19.12
2004 22.01
2005 23.75
2006 27.44
2007 28.46
2008 26.95
2009 27.81
2010 25.26
2011 29.67
2012 26.15
2013 29.18
2014 23.29
2015 24.11

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance