Extending the period for submitting real estate tax declarations until end of December 2026
A statement from the Ministry of Finance: In a quick response to experts, media and citizens: extending the period for submitting real estate tax declarations until the end of December 2026 to take advantage of the new facilities and incentives.
Extending the period for submitting requests for reconciliation in tax disputes and exemption from the “delay fee” by 6 months, until April 2, 2027.
Citizens responded and registered more than 2 million real estate units within 100 days on the mobile application.
“Thank you everyone for the interaction and trust.” 1.5 million citizens created an electronic account on the “mobile application” and we received 1.2 million tax declarations.
We will work hard and diligently to develop the "Mobile Application" and simplify and facilitate it for the best service to our partners.
We will immediately work to improve the system and enhance its ability to accommodate large numbers wishing to register and benefit from the facilities.
Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance, decided to extend the period for submitting real estate tax declarations until the end of December 2026 to benefit from the new facilities and incentives, as well as extend the period for submitting requests for reconciliation in tax disputes, and exemption from “delay fees” by 6 months until April 2, 2027, in a quick response to Experts, media and citizens.
Kouchouk explained that citizens responded to us and registered more than 2 million real estate units on the “mobile application” within 100 days. 1.5 million citizens created an electronic account on the “mobile application” and we received 1.2 million tax declarations, saying: “Thank you everyone for the interaction and trust.”
The Minister added that we will work hard and diligently to develop, simplify and facilitate the "Mobile Application" for a premium service to our partners, explaining that we will immediately work to improve the "System" and enhance its capacity to accommodate the large number of people wishing to register and take advantage of the facilities. Also, there will be a significant and effective increase in the numbers of technical support to help citizens and overcome any obstacles facing them.
Kouchouk noted that we will take into consideration comments, suggestions and feedback from citizens, the media and social networking sites.
Rami Youssef, Assistant Minister for Tax Policies, said that there are extensive meetings with representatives of the business community to explain the “real estate tax facilitation package.” Also, there are communication channels and technical support teams to raise the efficiency of services with more facilities, pointing out that we will follow up on a daily basis the process of improving services and helping citizens.
He explained that the extension of the period for submitting requests for reconciliation in tax disputes to 6 months applies to disputes existing between the taxpayer and the Real Estate Tax Authority that are registered or pending before the courts at various levels, regardless of the status of the lawsuit or appeal, as well as tax disputes registered in the records of the tax appeal committees or pending before them at any stage of the dispute.
