Africa Business Radio

A plan to tax online content creators in Egypt has sparked mixed reactions.The country's tax authority asked YouTubers and bloggers to register and declare their annual income.The government is targeting those earning more than 500,000 Egyptian pounds annually.The AFP news agency reports that some people on social media have been supporting the new taxation while others are opposed to the move citing high internet costsThe AFP quoted Mohamed al-Gayyar, a senior tax authority official says anyone who makes a profit in Egypt must be fairly taxed whatever their field of work is.