Israel tax authority

Lahav 433, Tax Authority arrest seven for suspected extortion, money laundering, tax fraud

Seven members of the Bakri crime organization were arrested following an investigation carried out by multiple law enforcement agencies, including Lahav 433 and the Tax Authority.

Israeli police arrested senior Bakri crime group members and municipal officials in Nazareth overnight in the “Maze of Money” case targeting extortion and money laundering on December 9th, 2025.
 Thousands of additional shekels can be saved every year with tax exemption

Your Taxes: New Israeli taxation rule calls for immediate action

Israeli shekel

Your Taxes: Leaving Israel? Leave your pension here

 Work from home (illustrative)

Your Taxes: OECD tries to fix home-office tax traps


Will the Israel Tax Authority push for the Italian model of tax disputes?

The ITA raised the possibility of best-judgment assessments in transfer-pricing cases, among others, in a recent tax circular.

Calculating taxes

Your Taxes: Israel Tax Authority’s view on debt versus equity

The Israel Tax Authority's circular on founders’ shares is important for multinational corporations with Israeli subsidiaries, among others.

Stacks of Israeli shekel notes [Illustrative]

Keep out of the Tax Authority’s bad books

If you are part of a multinational group that wants to use a bona fide international accounting system, you must apply to the ITA for a special dispensation.

Shekel money bills

Tax chief: Israel has become world's laxest tax haven

"We have yet to find a single country in the world with a similar law."

Calculating taxes

Knesset panel advances revolutionary bankruptcy legislation

Bill emphasizes overall economic gains over liquidation and punishing debtors.

The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approves a bill.

Your taxes: The new tax year

If your tax planning is at odds with an Israel Tax Authority position, you must tell them so they know where to start a tax audit.

le bitcoin, une nouvelle monnaie virtuelle

Your taxes: ITA lifts veil on personal-service companies

These are complex rules that will affect the Israeli SME sector, and they appear to differ from some of the tax-reform measures just enacted in the United States.

US tax form (illustrative)

Air pollution, defective construction and corruption plague the state

Israel's comptroller reported on the faulty infrastructure creating a threat through out the state.

Israel's high-speed trains will race 100 mph along a network of eight bridges and six tunnels that constitute one of the largest infrastructure projects in Israel’s history

Coca-Cola owes Israeli Tax Authority huge sums of money

Coca-Cola failed to convince the Israeli Tax Authority that payments to the Irish company should not be taxed as "royalties."

A logo is seen on a Coca-Cola bottle

Three El Al employees arrested for fraud, money laundering

The suspects are based in Romania and Poland.

An El Al Boeing 787 Dreamliner; illustrative.