Government Report Reveals Losses From Bounced Cheques at Imbaba Tax Office

A government inspection report has revealed that thousands of Egyptian pounds were lost to the state treasury because of negligence at the Imbaba Sales Tax Office.

The report, issued by the Tax Authority’s Technical Inspection Department, linked the losses to bounced cheques and failures in examining and following up on registered taxpayers’ files.

Its findings identified shortcomings in the office’s handling of those files, with inadequate scrutiny and follow-up cited as the reason public funds were lost.

The available summary did not specify the total value of the losses, the number of files involved or whether any action had been taken in response to the findings.