Law in Cairo in 2007

Law in Cairo in 2003 - 2006

Egypt cut the minimum capital required to start a business, from 50,000 Egyptian pounds to just 1,000 and halved the time and cost of start-up.

Egypt reduced fees for registering property from 3 percent of the property value to a low, fixed amount.

Egypt eased the bureaucracy that builders face in getting construction permits.

2 years earlier company tax became a flat tax of 20 percent.

Personal income tax has also been reduced.