12:49 PM
Wednesday 07 December 2022
Books – Mustafa Eid:
Rasha Abdel-Aal, Assistant Head of the Egyptian Tax Authority and Head of the Central Department of Strategic Management, answered all the inquiries and questions that were raised by the delegation of the Human Doctors Syndicate and the Veterinary Doctors Syndicate regarding the electronic bill during their meeting with officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Tax Authority.
According to a statement from the Tax Authority today, Wednesday, the meeting that was held regarding doctors’ fears of registering with the electronic bill system was attended by Dr. Ihab Abu Ayish, Deputy Minister of Finance for Public Treasury Affairs, Dr. Hussein Mahmoud Khairy, Head of the Doctors Syndicate, and Dr. Khaled Selim, Head of the Veterinary Doctors Syndicate.
The meeting was attended by Reda Abdel Qader, Assistant Minister of Finance for Tax Authority Affairs, Mokhtar Tawfiq, Head of the Tax Authority, Muhammad Maher Shehata, Advisor to the Head of the Authority, and Mamdouh Shaheen, Head of the Center for Senior Free Professions.
The meeting was also attended by Dr. Muhammad Farid Hamdi, Secretary General of the Syndicate, Dr. Jamal Amira, the Syndicate’s representative, Dr. Abu Bakr Al-Qadi, the Syndicate’s Treasurer, Dr. Hamad Hussein, the Syndicate’s Assistant Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Ali, Rapporteur of the Legal Committee, and Dr. Khaled Amin, Rapporteur of the Committee. Egypt Atta’, and Dr. Ibrahim El Zayat, member of the Syndicate Council.
On the part of the Veterinary Doctors Syndicate, Dr. Mohamed Seif, Secretary General, and Dr. Amr El Gomhouri, Treasurer, attended.
During the meeting, Rasha Abdel-Al reviewed what the electronic invoice system is, who is bound by it, and what is the difference between it and the electronic receipt system.
In the following lines, we review the most prominent questions and inquiries that Rasha Abdel-Al answered, according to her answers contained in the statement of the Tax Authority:
Why is the electronic billing system applied?
The electronic invoice system is applied to govern transactions, whether selling a commodity or providing a service, by converting invoices and paper receipts into a digital image.
Are those registered on the system obligated to issue electronic invoices upon registration?
Tax Authority taxpayers are obligated to register on the electronic invoice system, and according to the type of transaction, the extent of his obligation to these systems is determined. In the event that the taxpayer deals with another taxpayer registered with the Tax Authority, he is obligated to issue the electronic invoice.
If the financier deals with a final consumer (citizen), then a request is submitted to the competent tax office for postponement until the application of the electronic receipt system.
What is the relationship between the electronic invoice and the tax return?
The electronic invoice is not related to paying the tax or being subject to any type of tax or not, as the declaration and payment of the tax is through declarations according to the legal dates for each type of tax.
Are there fees for registering on the electronic billing system?
There are no fees collected by the Tax Authority for registering on the electronic invoice system or sending electronic invoices.
Does registration on the electronic billing system require an electronic stamp?
In the event that the application for registration was submitted before the 15th of December, this does not require the issuance of an electronic stamp for the taxpayer.
In the event that the financier self-registers on the system as of December 15, this requires the issuance of an electronic stamp from one of the companies authorized to do so by the Information Technology Industry Development Authority of the Ministry of Communications, in order to verify that the financier himself has registered.
Self-registration is done from anywhere through the electronic invoice platform without the need to go to the Egyptian Tax Authority offices to which they belong.
– Is the financier obligated to register the invoices of his purchases on the electronic billing system?
The person obligated to issue electronic invoices is the seller of the commodity or the service provider (the seller or service providers), noting that the invoice includes the buyer’s data.
– What is the position of confidentiality of patient data when dealing with the doctor in the clinic?
The doctor’s dealings in the clinic fall under the financier’s dealings with an end consumer (the electronic receipt system), and it does not require the disclosure of the service recipient’s data in the event that the value of the service is less than 150,000 pounds.
– Did the Tax Authority provide ways for small financiers to deal with the electronic invoice and electronic receipt systems?
Yes, with regard to the electronic invoice system, the use of the electronic invoice platform has been made available for issuing invoices in the event that the taxpayer’s sales invoices are less than 200 invoices per month, in addition to allowing the use of the mobile application to issue electronic receipts to small financiers.
– How are services and goods coded on the electronic invoice system?
The system of coding goods and services applied in the electronic invoice system takes into account all the coding systems used by the financier. In the absence of a coding system for the financier, the Tax Authority has a team of specialists to assist the financier and provide full support in this regard.
What is the importance of registering on the electronic billing system?
In the event that there are purchase invoices for the financier issued by another financier in the interest, messages and e-mails are sent from the system to the buyer, in order to make sure that these invoices are correct or to object that these purchase invoices do not belong to him, and thus assist the financier in proving his expenses and costs, and also the ease of reliance on the tax deduction.
There are also many other advantages of the electronic invoice system represented in facilitating tax examination procedures for taxpayers, reducing the time and effort required for examination, as well as facilitating tax refund procedures for taxpayers, reducing the time and effort required for tax refunds, proving costs and expenses in an electronically documented manner, and dispensing with procedures Manual bill fulfillment that takes a lot of effort and time.
