Cairo, 12 November 2026 (ECA) – The ECA Office for North Africa, in partnership with the Egyptian Tax Authority, concluded today a capacity-building workshop on “Transfer pricing and International Taxation: A Practical Risk-Based Approach”. The workshop was attended by 30 senior tax officials, supervisors and auditors from large taxpayer centres in Alexandria and Hurghada, as well as from medium taxpayer centres.
Held in Cairo (Egypt), the five-day workshop aimed to strengthen tax officials’ capacity to address the complexities of cross-border transactions, multinational business structures and related-party arrangements.
This training built on an earlier capacity-building workshop held in August 2026, which focused on taxation in the construction, real estate and industrial sectors. It forms part of a series of training activities organised by ECA since 2021 to support African countries.
Egypt has a population of approximately 110 million. The country has the second-largest economy in Africa and one of the largest in the Middle East and North Africa. Its diversified economy encompasses manufacturing, petroleum and natural gas, construction, agriculture, tourism, logistics, information and communications technology (ICT), and Suez Canal-related activities. The services sector accounts for the largest share of national economic output.
In recent years, the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA) has undertaken a comprehensive programme of administrative modernisation, leading to substantial improvements in operational efficiency and transparency.
This workshop has taken place as a new phase of reforms is needed to strengthen compliance management, improve taxpayer segmentation and enhance audit capacity, particularly in the newly established Large Taxpayer Centres (LTCs) and Medium Taxpayer Centres (MTCs).
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