Incorporation, Tax Registration, VAT, Social Insurance, and Bank Accounts — What's the Difference?

Founders often assume incorporation covers everything. In reality these are separate tracks:

• Incorporation creates the legal entity (GAFI / Commercial Registry).
• Tax registration registers the entity with the Egyptian Tax Authority and produces the tax card.
• VAT registration is a separate registration under VAT law, driven by activity and turnover.
• Social insurance registers the company and its employees with the National Organization for Social Insurance.
• Bank account opening is a private-sector process — banks apply their own KYC on top of your incorporation file.

Each track has its own documents and timing. The platform tracks them as separate steps so nothing is missed.