Egyptian Finance Minister, Hany Kadry Dimian , expects the adoption of his country's value-added tax during the next few weeks to enhance the resources of the Larger Arab country In terms of population, Al-Bawaba Newspaper reported. "VAT is now in community dialogue stage and is being discussed in the various commercial and industrial room. It's a combined tax levied on the difference between the cost price and the selling price of local goods and imported, and will be submitted to the Economic Community and the Council of Ministers within the next few weeks for approval," Dimian added.