This tax applies to all properties established on Egyptian land other than the non-taxable properties, whether rented or occupied by the owner himself who is the taxpayer, whether they are complete and inhabited, complete and uninhabited or inhabited and incomplete.
This means that all current established properties are taxable, whether established villas, buildings, floating houses or chalets whatever their locations are.
The tax is also levied on vacuum land used for garages, arboretums, rented and others, and tax-exempted if not utilized.
Also taxable are the structures established on roofs or buildings interfaces if rented or they are for rent or utilization. It is meant by the property in the new law each residential unit in a building not the whole building
The real estate tax is due on the first of January of each year, and it gets two equal installments, the first until the end of June and the second until the end of December of the same year, and the taxpayer may pay it in full on the date of paying the first installment.
Property taxes
The taxpayer is the natural person or the legal person who has the right to own, use or utilize the property, where the tenant is not considered a taxpayer, but is a joint partner with the taxpayer to pay the tax within the approved lease.
Taxpayer
25% of the proceeds of the real estate tax will be directed to the governorates for spending on education and health, and 25% of the entire proceeds will be allocated for the purposes of developing and developing slums.