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Income tax, NOSI social insurance and the Martyrs' Fund levy calculated in every EGP run, NOSI Form 1 and Form 6 pre-filled as PDF, leave types based on Labour Law 14/2025 and reminders before National IDs and work permits expire — in one system for HR and payroll.

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Regulation

What Egyptian employers deal with

Private-sector employment in Egypt is governed by the Labour Law, No. 14 of 2025, which replaced Law No. 12 of 2003 and took effect in September 2025. It sets the rules HR works with every day: indefinite and fixed-term contracts, a probation period of up to three months, annual, sick, casual and family leave, working hours and overtime. Many employers work a Sunday–Thursday week.

Every payslip carries three statutory deductions. Income tax on salaries is progressive, with a personal exemption. Social insurance under Law No. 148 of 2019 is paid to the National Organization for Social Insurance (NOSI) by both the employee and the employer, on an insurable wage between a minimum and a maximum that rise every year. And the Martyrs' Fund levy deducts a small share of salaries. New hires are registered with NOSI on Form 1 and leavers are deregistered on Form 6, each with its own deadline. Foreign employees also need a work permit and a work visa, and both expire.

Mira HR keeps these rules in one place for HR and payroll. Payroll runs in EGP for each Egyptian legal entity, income tax, NOSI and the Martyrs' Fund are calculated in the run from rules stored by the date they apply from, salaries agreed as a net amount are grossed up, and the NOSI steps of hiring and exit become tasks with deadlines and pre-filled forms to check.

The table below shows each requirement, what Mira HR does about it and where to read more. This page describes what Mira HR does; it is not legal advice. Check the rules that apply to your company, your sector and your employees with your adviser.

Checklist

Egyptian requirements and how Mira HR handles them

  • Leave types under Labour Law 14/2025

    How Mira HR handles it
    A preset based on Labour Law 14/2025 creates nine leave types in one click, most with a reference to their article: annual, sick, casual, maternity, paternity, pilgrimage, examination, childcare and unpaid leave. Annual leave accrues monthly by Article 124: 15 days in the first year, 21 days from the second year and 30 days after 10 years of service or from age 50. Adjust accrual, carry-over and approval to your policy.
    Where
    Core HR

  • Contract type, end date, probation of up to three months

    How Mira HR handles it
    The employment contract records its type, indefinite or fixed. A fixed contract gets reminders 90, 60 and 30 days before its end date; a probation end more than three months after the hire date is not accepted, and HR is reminded 14, 7 and 1 day before probation ends.

  • Progressive income tax on salaries

    How Mira HR handles it
    Calculated in every run on the annual scale: seven brackets, from 0 % to 27.5 %, after the personal exemption of EGP 20,000 a year. The brackets and the exemption are stored with the date they apply from, so a change in the law becomes a new version of the rule instead of a new spreadsheet. The phase-out of the lower brackets for high annual incomes is not applied automatically yet, so review those payslips manually.
    Where
    Payroll

  • Martyrs' Fund levy

    How Mira HR handles it
    Calculated in every run at 0.05 % and kept as its own deduction, next to income tax and social insurance.
    Where
    Payroll

  • Social insurance (NOSI)

    How Mira HR handles it
    Contributions of 11 % from the employee and 18.75 % from the employer, on an insurable wage within the 2026 limits of EGP 2,700–16,700 a month. Each year’s limits are a separate version, so a period in 2025 is still calculated with the 2025 limits.
    Where
    Payroll

  • NOSI Form 1 on hire and Form 6 on exit

    How Mira HR handles it
    Both forms come pre-filled as PDF from what Mira HR already holds: the establishment details of your Egyptian legal entity and the employee’s record. The report catalogue shows the filing deadline next to each form — within 14 days of the hire date for Form 1, within 7 days of the exit date for Form 6. You check the form and file it with NOSI yourself.

  • NOSI steps of hiring and exit, including Form 47 and Form 111

    How Mira HR handles it
    Onboarding for your Egyptian entity adds a mandatory government stage with deadlines and reminders: the social insurance number (Form 47), the social insurance registration (Form 1) and the medical fitness certificate (Form 111); at exit, the deregistration (Form 6). It is a checklist — Mira HR does not generate Form 47 or Form 111 and does not file anything with NOSI.

  • Salaries agreed as a net amount

    How Mira HR handles it
    Mark a salary package as net, and Mira HR grosses it up to the salary that pays exactly that net amount after tax and social insurance.
    Where
    Payroll

  • Salary bank transfer file

    How Mira HR handles it
    Coming soonA bank transfer file for Egypt is planned as a CSV layout. Egyptian banks use different formats, so verify the layout with your bank before the first upload. Today Egyptian payroll is calculated in Mira HR and paid through your usual banking process.
    Where
    Payroll

  • EGP payroll, working week and overtime

    How Mira HR handles it
    Payroll in EGP and a Sunday–Thursday working week preset. With Time & Attendance and Payroll, overtime from timesheets is paid on top of the monthly salary: 1.35× on working days, 1.7× at night, 2× on a rest day and 2× on a public holiday. The night window is fixed at 22:00–06:00, while the law counts night from sunset to sunrise, so review overtime between sunset and 22:00 manually. The law also requires a replacement day off for work on a rest day; grant it as leave.

  • National ID, work permit, work visa and social insurance number

    How Mira HR handles it
    Built-in document types for Egypt; the work permit and work visa apply to foreign employees. HR is reminded 90, 60 and 30 days before a National ID, work permit or work visa expires, and an expired document goes up to the owner. The NOSI number is kept with the employee’s documents, with its registration date and no expiry.

  • Egyptian public holidays

    How Mira HR handles it
    Coming soonPre-loaded Egyptian public holidays are planned. Today you add them to the work calendar yourself.
    Where
    Core HR

FAQ

Egypt questions

Does Mira HR file anything with NOSI for us?

No. Mira HR pre-fills NOSI Form 1 and Form 6 as PDF from the data you already keep, and the hiring and exit steps are tasks with deadlines and reminders, so nobody forgets one. You check every field, complete what Mira HR does not hold, file the form with NOSI and mark the task done, attaching the confirmation where the task asks for it.

How does Mira HR calculate income tax for Egyptian employees?

On the annual scale: the employee’s social insurance and the personal exemption of EGP 20,000 a year come off first, the seven brackets from 0 % to 27.5 % apply to the annual amount, and each month’s run deducts its share. The brackets and the exemption are stored with the date they apply from, so each period is calculated with the rules that applied to it. The phase-out of the lower brackets for high annual incomes is not applied automatically yet, so review those payslips manually.

Which NOSI limits does Mira HR use?

The limits of the period you are paying. For 2026 the insurable wage runs from EGP 2,700 to EGP 16,700 a month, with 11 % from the employee and 18.75 % from the employer. A run for a period in 2025 uses the 2025 limits, because each year is stored as its own version.

We agree salaries as a take-home amount. Can Mira HR work with that?

Yes. Mark the package as net, and Mira HR grosses it up to the salary that pays exactly that net amount after tax and social insurance.

Can Mira HR produce a salary bank file for Egypt?

Coming soon. A bank transfer file for Egypt is planned as a CSV layout. Egyptian banks use different formats, so verify the layout with your bank before the first upload. Until then, Egyptian payroll is calculated in Mira HR and paid through your usual banking process.

Are Egyptian public holidays loaded for us?

Coming soon. Today you add public holidays to the work calendar yourself.

We have companies in Egypt and in the UAE. Can one account handle both?

Yes. Each legal entity has its own country, and payroll runs separately for each one, in the currency and under the rules of its country: Egyptian rules for your Cairo company, UAE rules for your Dubai company. People, documents and leave stay in one system.

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