E-invoicing mandate — Egypt
An invoice is only valid once the tax administration has accepted it — with a clearance number, a stamp or a code that nobody but the authority can issue. A format tool alone is not enough; access to the platform is required as well.
The stages over time
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11/15/2020
Egypt · between businesses in force unverified
Legal basis: قرار رئيس مصلحة الضرائب المصرية رقم 386 لسنة 2020 — المرحلة الأولى · Last reviewed: 10/27/2026 -
12/1/2022
Egypt · to public authorities in force
From this date, government bodies, public authorities and state-owned companies no longer enter into contracts with, or make payments to, businesses that do not issue electronic tax invoices.
Legal basis: مصلحة الضرائب المصرية — التعاقدات مع الجهات الحكومية وصرف المستحقات · Last reviewed: 10/27/2026 -
12/15/2022
Egypt · between businesses in force
On this date the rollout phases were complete for all taxpayers: every supply of goods and services is invoiced with an electronic tax invoice.
Legal basis: قرار رئيس مصلحة الضرائب المصرية رقم 323 لسنة 2022 — المرحلة الثامنة (تنفيذًا لقرار وزير المالية رقم 188 لسنة 2020) · Last reviewed: 10/27/2026 -
4/1/2023
Egypt · between businesses in force
Legal basis: مصلحة الضرائب المصرية — خصم ورد الضريبة وإثبات التكاليف والمصروفات · Last reviewed: 10/27/2026 -
4/1/2023
Egypt · between businesses in force
No access to the customs system without an electronic tax invoice: import and export depend on it. ⚠ This is not an additional invoicing obligation but an enforcement condition — and it hits exactly those businesses that trade across borders.
Legal basis: مصلحة الضرائب المصرية — المنظومة الجمركية (الاستيراد والتصدير) · Last reviewed: 10/27/2026
Platforms and authorities
ETA e-Invoice · e-Receipt · مصلحة الضرائب المصرية
What Invoiceflair can do — Egypt
Egypt: the engine currently carries no national format of its own. Validating, viewing and converting the European formats remains available — only a country-specific mandatory format is missing.
Stated limit: Invoiceflair creates, validates and reads formats. It is not a Peppol access point and not a clearing service — it does not perform transmission to an authority's platform.
Not legal or tax advice
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