VAT and e-invoicing in Egypt

Where DevyaPOS stands on Egyptian tax

Most systems sold to Egyptian restaurants say nothing at all about this. Here is what the law asks of you, what this system does for you today, and what it does not do yet.

DevyaPOS is not an Egyptian Tax Authority e-invoicing integration. It computes and shows 14% VAT, holds your tax registration number, and exports the sales records your accountant works from. It does not submit anything to the ETA on your behalf. If a vendor tells you their point of sale makes you compliant, ask them to show you a submitted document with an ETA reference on it, in a live account.

Reviewed 4 September 2026. Tax rules move; this page moves with them.

What a VAT-registered restaurant in Egypt is actually asked to do

The short version, in the order owners ask us about it. This is not legal advice — the Egyptian Tax Authority's own guidance and your accountant are the authority.

  1. Register for VAT once you cross the threshold

    Registration follows the turnover threshold set in the VAT law. Check the current figure with the ETA or your accountant. Once you are registered you hold a tax registration number and you are inside the system, whether or not your till knows it.

  2. Charge the right rate, and keep it visible

    The standard rate is 14%. The figure you file has to be supported by what you actually charged, line by line, not reconstructed from a total at the end of the month.

  3. File returns on the authority's schedule

    Returns are filed periodically through the ETA, out of your own sales records. No point-of-sale system files them for you by simply existing.

  4. Keep records that survive a question

    Sales per branch, per day, with tax separated out, retrievable months later — not sitting in a cash drawer or in a spreadsheet somebody overwrote.

  5. Know which electronic system applies to you

    The ETA runs an e-invoice system for business-to-business documents and an e-receipt system for business-to-consumer sales, phased in by taxpayer group. Whether your restaurant is already inside a mandated group is a question for the ETA or your accountant, and the answer changes over time.

We build software, not tax positions. Every line above is a question worth asking, not a substitute for asking it.

What DevyaPOS does for you today

All of it ships now, on every plan, and you can watch it working during the trial on your own menu.

  • 14% VAT computed on every line

    Tax is calculated per line item as the order is built, not estimated at the end, and it appears on the receipt the customer takes away.

  • Your tax registration number is held on the business record

    Stored once against the business, so it lives in the system rather than on a sticker behind the till.

  • Amounts stored as whole piasters

    No floating-point drift. The total on the receipt is the total in the report, to the piaster, months later.

  • Sales records you can export

    By branch, by day, by payment method, with tax separated — the raw material an accountant needs to prepare a return.

  • One set of numbers for the whole chain

    Two branches or twenty-five, the sales behind a filing come out of one database instead of being stitched together by hand at month end.

What DevyaPOS does not do yet

Written here so you read it now rather than discover it after signing.

  • No submission to the ETA

    DevyaPOS does not send invoices or receipts to the Egyptian Tax Authority's systems. Nothing is transmitted on your behalf, to anyone.

  • No signed electronic documents

    There is no e-signature, no e-seal, and no ETA-format document produced. A DevyaPOS receipt is a receipt, not a registered electronic tax document.

  • No ETA reference on the receipt

    You will not find a submission identifier or status on the printout, because there is no submission behind it.

  • No accreditation

    DevyaPOS holds no certification, accreditation or approval from the Egyptian Tax Authority, and this site claims none anywhere.

None of that is priced into what you pay. You are not being billed for a compliance module that does not exist.

What that means if you are choosing a system now

The honest answer turns on one thing: whether your restaurant is already required to submit electronically.

  • If you are not yet in a mandated group, DevyaPOS covers the daily part — correct VAT on every line, clean records per branch, and an export your accountant can work from.

  • If you are already required to submit e-receipts or e-invoices, you need a route that submits. Run one alongside DevyaPOS, or wait for us. Do not buy this expecting it to close that gap today.

  • Ask every vendor you are talking to the same question in writing: does your system submit to the ETA, under whose accreditation, and can you show it happening in a live account? A logo on a slide is not an answer.

  • When submission ships here, this page changes the same day, with the date on it. That is the only promise on this page.

The awkward questions, answered

Is DevyaPOS compliant with Egyptian e-invoicing?

No, and we will not say otherwise. DevyaPOS computes and shows VAT and keeps your sales records. It does not submit documents to the Egyptian Tax Authority, and it holds no accreditation from them.

Does it calculate VAT correctly?

Yes. 14% is computed per line item as the order is built, and shown on the receipt and in reports. Amounts are stored as whole piasters, so the receipt and the report never disagree.

Can I file my VAT return from DevyaPOS?

You can export the sales records a return is built from — by branch, by day, with tax separated. The filing itself happens through the Egyptian Tax Authority, by you or your accountant.

My accountant says I have to submit e-receipts. What now?

Then you need a submission route DevyaPOS does not provide today. Tell us during the trial and we will say plainly whether the rest of the system is still worth your time — sometimes it is, sometimes it is not.

Is ETA submission on the roadmap?

It is on the list. We are not putting a date on it on a marketing page, because a date here is not something you could hold us to. If it decides your purchase, ask us directly and we will tell you where it actually stands.

Do you store my tax registration number?

Yes, on your business record, so it is in the system rather than on a note behind the till. It is your data — export it or have it deleted whenever you want.

Ask us the awkward question first

Fifteen minutes, your menu, and your accountant's requirements on the table. If DevyaPOS is the wrong fit for where your restaurant stands, we would rather say so now than after you have paid.

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