In what cases should not the tax declarations be submitted?
Tax declarations should not be submitted for the untaxed units specified by Article 11 of the law, including:
- State-owned buildings specified for public utility and state-owned buildings as private possession, provided that they are taxed as of the beginning of the month following the selling out of these buildings to individuals or legal persons.
- Buildings specified for performing religious rites and religion learning
- Buildings that are expropriated for public utility as of the date of actual seizure by the authorities taking over the ownership.
- Courtyards and cemeteries
In addition, tax declarations are not submitted for the units under construction (incomplete and uninhabited)
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.