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Algeria Finance Law 2027: Tracking the Bill Step by Step

The finance law authorises the State's resources and charges each year, and only finance laws provide for the base, rates and collection rules of taxes. If you invest in Algeria or run a company there, this is the law to watch. This page follows the 2027 finance bill at each official step. It was approved by the Council of Ministers on 4 October 2026, but its text is not public. The measures that an official source has published are listed with their source, their date and the status “bill”; the others will be added from the official text.

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Where the bill stands

Status as of 12 October 2026. Each step links to its official source. We update this list when an official source publishes the next step.

  1. Government meeting: presentation of the preliminary draft finance bill for 2027

    Done

    The meeting is chaired by the Prime Minister. The communiqué states that the preliminary draft will be submitted to the next Council of Ministers for adoption.

  2. Adoption of the 2027 finance bill by the Council of Ministers

    Done

    The Council of Ministers of Sunday 4 October 2026, chaired by the President of the Republic, was devoted to the 2027 finance bill. According to the APS English dispatch, it approved the bill, which includes the incorporation of increases in wages and salaries. The text of the bill is not public.

  3. APN Finance and Budget Committee: preparatory meeting on the calendar for examining the bill

    Done

    The Finance and Budget Committee, chaired by Mr Abdelhafid Brima, held a preparatory meeting on Sunday 11 October 2026 to set the calendar of its work on examining the 2027 finance bill. According to the APN, the examination covers the presentation of the bill by the Government's representative, the hearing of the central directors, the study of the measures the text proposes, then the sectoral budgets, then the provisions and amendments and the drafting of the reports. At the end of the two presentations, committee members were invited to submit proposals to enrich the draft programme. The APN item does not give the date the bill was filed.

  4. 2027 finance bill in Algeria: what the PLF 2027 provides

    Done

    According to Radio Algerienne, the Finance Minister presented the 2027 finance bill (PLF 2027) to the Finance and Budget Committee of the APN. Economic growth for 2027 is estimated at 4.2%. The minister also set out proposed legislative measures.

  5. Bill filed with the bureau of the National People's Assembly (APN)

    Next stepNo date announced

    Legal deadline: 7 October 2026 (article 71 of organic law no. 18-15). The actual filing date has not been announced: as of 11 October 2026, neither the APN news feed nor the Prime Minister's communiqués mention it. The APN only reports that its Finance and Budget Committee held a preparatory meeting on the examination of the bill on 11 October 2026.

  6. Examination by the APN Finance and Budget Committee

    Later

    The Finance and Budget Committee of the APN examines the finance bill.

  7. Debate and vote by the National People's Assembly

    Later

    Every bill is debated successively by the APN and by the Council of the Nation (Constitution, article 145).

  8. Adoption by the Council of the Nation

    Later

    Parliament adopts the finance law within 75 days at the latest from the date of its filing (Constitution, article 146). If it is not adopted within that period, the President of the Republic promulgates the Government's bill by ordinance.

  9. Promulgation by the President of the Republic

    Later

    30 days from the date the law is handed over. The period is suspended if the Constitutional Court is seized before promulgation, until it rules (Constitution, article 148).

  10. Publication in the Official Journal

    Later

    The Official Journal is published on joradp.dz, the website of the General Secretariat of the Government.

  11. Application from 1 January 2027

    Later

    The financial year runs for a calendar year (organic law, article 3). If adoption comes too late for application from 1 January, article 78 provisionally keeps revenue at the rates and under the collection procedures of the previous finance law.

Not to be confused: the Government meeting is chaired by the Prime Minister (Constitution, article 112). The Council of Ministers is chaired by the President of the Republic (article 91).

Communiqué of the Government meeting of 30 September 2026

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This communiqué announces orientations. The text of the finance bill is not public at this date.

The deadlines set by the official texts

Two official texts set the calendar: organic law no. 18-15 of 2 September 2018 on finance laws (Official Journal no. 53 of 2 September 2018) and the Constitution (Official Journal no. 82 of 30 December 2020). Neither has an English edition: the quotations below are our translation of the French edition, and the articles are cited as published.

  • Preparation. Article 69 of the organic law: the minister in charge of finance prepares the finance bills under the authority of the Prime Minister. They are presented to the Council of Ministers.
  • Presentation and filing. Article 143 of the Constitution: bills are presented to the Council of Ministers after the opinion of the Council of State, then filed by the Prime Minister or the Head of Government, as the case may be. Article 144: bills other than those on local organisation, land-use planning and territorial division are filed with the bureau of the National People's Assembly (APN).
  • Filing deadline. Article 71 of the organic law (our translation): “The finance bill for the year is filed with the bureau of the National People's Assembly no later than 7 October of the year preceding the financial year concerned.” For the 2027 financial year, the deadline is therefore 7 October 2026.
  • Two chambers. Article 145 of the Constitution: every bill is debated successively by the National People's Assembly and by the Council of the Nation.
  • Time limit for adoption. Article 146 of the Constitution (our translation): “Parliament adopts the finance law within seventy-five (75) days at the latest from the date of its filing.”
  • If the time limit is missed. Same article 146: the President of the Republic promulgates the Government's bill by ordinance. The other procedures are set by the organic law.
  • Promulgation. Article 148 of the Constitution: the President of the Republic promulgates the law within thirty (30) days from the date it is handed over. The period is suspended if the Constitutional Court is seized before promulgation, until it rules.
  • Application. Article 3 of the organic law: the financial year runs for a calendar year. If the adoption date does not allow the law to apply from 1 January, article 78 provides for provisional execution: revenue continues to be collected at the rates and under the collection procedures in force, under the finance law of the previous year.
  • Constitution revised in 2026. Law no. 26-04 of 26 March 2026 on the constitutional revision (Official Journal no. 22 of 26 March 2026) does not amend articles 143, 144, 146 and 148. It amends article 145 only for the case where the two chambers keep disagreeing.

The measures of the 2027 bill

At this date the text of the 2027 finance bill is not public, so no article is listed here. The bill was approved by the Council of Ministers on Sunday 4 October 2026. Two sources underpin this page: the communiqué of the Government meeting of 30 September 2026 and the dispatches of Algérie Presse Service (the state press agency) on the Council of Ministers. The communiqué announces orientations, not measures:

  • Stated direction, according to the communiqué: consolidate economic growth, speed up the diversification of the national economy, support productive investment, preserve purchasing power and strengthen social cohesion.
  • Investment: continue and strengthen support for productive investment and for structuring projects, favouring operations with a strong economic and social impact.
  • Social: consolidate support mechanisms and continue public programmes in education, health, housing and infrastructure.
  • Business climate: according to the communiqué, the text includes measures to improve the investment climate and support for economic operators, notably with the commissioning of the Single Investment Window (Guichet unique de l'investissement).
  • Administration: speed up the modernisation of the administration and improve the mobilisation of public resources, through simpler procedures, stronger tax compliance and continued digital transformation.

These orientations give no rate, no threshold and no application date. They do not say which tax measures the text will contain, or which ones will affect your company.

The two sections below repeat what the APS dispatches say about the Council of Ministers of 4 October 2026, and add nothing. This page will list the measures of the bill, article by article, from the official text, once it is public. It uses no rumour and no figure that no official source gives.

Official source of the communiqué (in French): https://www.premier-ministre.gov.dz/fr/document/communique-de-la-reunion-du-gouvernement-30-09-2026

Announced measure: incorporating the increases in wages and salaries

According to the dispatch of Algérie Presse Service of 5 October 2026 (published in English), the Council of Ministers chaired by the President of the Republic “approved the Finance Bill for 2027, which includes the incorporation of increases in wages and salaries”.

Presidential instruction: no tax affecting purchasing power

According to the dispatch of Algérie Presse Service of 4 October 2026 (published in French, our translation): “The President of the Republic, Mr Abdelmadjid Tebboune, ordered, during the Council of Ministers meeting he chaired on Sunday, not to include any tax affecting citizens' purchasing power.”

What the 2026 finance law changed and what still applies

Law no. 25-17 of 23 Joumada Ethania 1447 (14 December 2025) on the finance law for 2026 was published in Official Journal no. 88 of 31 December 2025. The provisions below are the ones our Official Journal digests describe. As the text of the 2027 bill is not public, we do not know whether it changes them.

Provision of the 2026 finance lawRead more
Article 93, voluntary tax regularisation: a simplified return to be filed by 31 December 2026 at the latest, a single final tax of 8 %, with no tax penalties applied. Open to individuals or legal entities resident in Algeria whose situation with the tax administration is irregular.
Articles 74, 81 and 82, accounting software and cash systems: in an accounts audit, a taxpayer who keeps accounts on a computer system presents a software publisher's undertaking certifying that the software meets the accounting requirements. Publishers present their code, data, processing and documentation to the tax administration on request. Information subject to computerised audit is kept in electronic form until the end of the sixth year after the year it relates to. According to article 109, articles 20 ter and 51 sexies of the tax procedure code, created by articles 74 and 81, take effect from 1 January 2027.
Article 116, national file of civil companies: set up with the General Directorate of Taxes and fed by notaries, electronically, within thirty days of the incorporation deed. Fine of 50,000 DA per breach and 10,000 DA per error or omission.
Article 117, legal arrangements, including trusts set up abroad: the administrator files electronically with the tax administration, within thirty days of becoming administrator, the information on the creation, amendment or termination of the arrangement and the content of its terms. This obligation is separate from the beneficial owner filing with the CNRC.
Article 21, employers' special return (article 196 sexies of the direct tax code): the taxes due for each half-year are filed and paid by the 20th of the month following the half-year at the latest, even where no amount is due.
Article 23, wealth tax: electronic filing of assets every four years, by 30 April at the latest.
Article 111, online filing: since 1 January 2026, taxpayers under the real and simplified real regimes whose tax office runs the Jibaya'tic system file their tax returns online (DGI notice of 21 January 2026).
Article 47, apostille stamp duty: 1,500 DA per apostille certificate, borne by the applicant (article 142 sexies of the stamp code, created by article 47).
Article 143, micro-import by the auto-entrepreneur: 5 % customs duty, VAT exemption and a final single flat tax of 0.5 %, applicable from 28 June 2025.
Site tools and guides for your 2026 obligations.

Official sources

The official documents used for this page, with the Official Journal number where there is one:

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