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Military companies set to keep their tax breaks

The law recently approved by the Egyptian parliament to end tax exemptions for public and military companies should spare a large swathe of the armed forces' business activities. The new legislation is part of reforms demanded by the IMF. [...]

Published on 19/07/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Sisi ponders future of army chief Osama Askar

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Ayman Soliman and Mohamed Amin mastermind sovereign fund's Gulf strategy

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