Reviewed 29 August 2026
Official sources
Masr Pocket is designed around dated, visible primary sources. Rules and prices can change; the linked authority remains the final reference.
Egypt eVisa Portal
Official electronic visa application portal and process information.
Primary source ↗Experience Egypt — Useful Information
Official tourism information, entry guidance and useful contacts.
Primary source ↗Central Bank of Egypt — Exchange Rates
Official reference rates. Masr Pocket keeps the user-entered rate editable because provider rates differ.
Primary source ↗Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities — Giza Plateau
Official visitor information and ticket references for the Giza Plateau.
Primary source ↗Mobility Cairo — Current Metro Tickets
Official single-use ticket categories used by the Cairo Metro fare calculator; checked 29 August 2026.
Primary source ↗Mobility Cairo — Network Maps
Official Cairo Metro network map and Line 3 references used to validate stations and interchanges.
Primary source ↗Mobility Cairo — Green Line 3 Guide
Official Line 3 branch stations and interchange information.
Primary source ↗Central Bank of Egypt — InstaPay limits
Official per-transaction, daily and monthly limits for each bank registered in InstaPay.
Primary source ↗ALEXBANK — 2026 InstaPay fee
Official 2026 schedule of charges confirming the 0.1% fee with 0.50 EGP minimum and 20 EGP maximum.
Primary source ↗Egyptian Tax Authority — Income Tax Law 7/2024
Official Article 8 payroll-tax table and Article 13 personal allowance used by the 2026 salary calculator.
Primary source ↗Egyptian Tax Authority — 2026 Payroll Forms
Current payroll-system forms and guidance used to check the annualised withholding model.
Primary source ↗Egyptian Tax Authority — Payroll FAQ v4 (March 2026)
Official cumulative payroll guidance, including the 360-day annualisation method and the 50% higher personal allowance for eligible Integrated Services Card cases.
Primary source ↗NOSI — 2026 Subscription-Wage Limits
Official announcement of the EGP 2,700 monthly minimum and EGP 16,700 monthly maximum from January 2026.
Primary source ↗Central Bank of Egypt — Know Your Rights
Official consumer guidance used by the loan calculator: customers have the right to know the interest rate and all related fees and commissions before applying.
Primary source ↗Egypt Official Gazette — Law 164/2025
Primary text for scope, transition periods, residential and non-residential base rents, temporary residential payment and the annual 15% increase.
Primary source ↗Official Egyptian Real Estate Platform — Old Rent Increase
Official-platform explainer confirming the first due-date rule for non-residential premises and the recurring annual 15% increase.
Primary source ↗EWRA — Active Residential Water Bill Calculator
Official public calculator used to verify residential water, wastewater, regulatory, service, VAT and whole-pound rounding behavior on 29 August 2026.
Primary source ↗HCWW — Calculate Your Water Bill
Official Holding Company calculator retained as the final public cross-check for household water billing and company-specific payable amounts.
Primary source ↗Telecom Egypt — WE Space
Current VAT-exclusive package presets, official consumption channels and the 30-day main-plan renewal rule; checked 29 August 2026.
Primary source ↗Telecom Egypt — Fixed Broadband FAQ
Official 14% recharge-VAT example, account-balance renewal rule, consumption channels and early-renewal 30-day reset.
Primary source ↗Egyptian Tax Authority — VAT Law 67/2016
Primary legal source for the general 14% VAT rate used alongside Telecom Egypt fixed-broadband guidance.
Primary source ↗Egypt Official Gazette — VAT Amendment Law 149/2026
Current primary text replacing Article 3 while retaining the general 14% VAT rate; effective 29 July 2026.
Primary source ↗Egyptian Tax Authority — Electronic document calculations
Official quantity, unit-price, discount, taxable-fee and tax calculation rules used to frame the standard-rate VAT estimate.
Primary source ↗Yandex Mobile Ads
Publisher and SDK requirements for the planned Yandex-only Android monetization stack.