What’s changed
New rules, fake news that was denied, payment tools that change, and updates to sahla. Newest first; every line links to its guide and its source.
- 23 October 2026On sahla
New templates and sign-up lists
A “what you need” list for every legal or grey-zone tool, a Get started page, and templates that fill themselves in your browser: client kit and invoice, article 57 declaration, contract clauses, reminder, income ledger and tax calendar.
Guide 5 · Becoming an auto-entrepreneur: how to register with ANAEGuide 6 · Opening a foreign currency account as an auto-entrepreneur: what your bank needsGuide 7 · Declaring your projects to your bank: the article 57 declarationGuide 13 · The 0.5% IFU: how much tax an auto-entrepreneur pays, and up to what limitGuide 29 · A kit for your foreign client: how to pay someone in Algeria - 22 October 2026Payment tool
PayPal: receiving confirmed for Algerian accounts
A PayPal account opened in Algeria can receive money if a Visa card is linked to it. Funds are held for 30 days at first and PayPal takes 4.9% plus a fixed fee. The money then has to come home to your currency account.
- 22 October 2026Payment tool
Mostaql and Khamsat: bank withdrawals open to Algeria
Hsoub’s help centre lists Algeria among the countries where you can withdraw earnings to a bank account. Fees and minimums still need checking in your account.
- 22 October 2026On sahla
sahla goes live: 31 guides in French and English
Every guide cites its texts with a link to the article and page, and shows the date it was checked.
- 13 August 2026Alert
Fake “Instruction 08-2026” on the travel allowance
The Banque d’Algérie denied this text, which was circulating on social media: it issued no instruction under that number. Instruction 07-2026 remains the one in force.
- 23 July 2026New rule
120 days instead of 360 to get paid
Regulation 26-02 rewrites article 61 of Regulation 07-01: the client has at most 120 days after the service is delivered to pay (180 with export credit insurance), and the money must come home the day they pay. The limit used to be 360 days.
Guide 9 · The 120-day rule: when your client must pay, and when the money must come homeGuide 7 · Declaring your projects to your bank: the article 57 declarationGuide 2 · Your first contract with a foreign client: which payment terms to write inSource: Regulation 26-02, Official Journal no. 58 of 12 August 2026, p. 28 - 13 July 2026New rule
Travel allowance: paid onto an international card
Instruction 07-2026 replaces Instruction 05-2025. Still €750 per calendar year (€300 for ages 12 to 18), but paid onto an international payment card from 19 July 2026 instead of in cash. The dinar equivalent is due 7 working days before you leave.
- 24 July 2025New rule
Crypto banned, with prison sentences
Law 25-10 bans buying, selling, holding or using crypto: two months to a year in prison and a fine of 200,000 to 1,000,000 DA, or either one.
We check official texts and payment tools every Monday. When a rule changes, the guide is updated and the change shows up here. Track the status of each payment tool