Israeli taxes

Money waiting for you? The year-end tax guide for employees and self-employed

As the 2026 tax year comes to an end, CPA Yoram Shifer explains where to start and how much money can be returned to your bank account.

Israeli shekel banknotes in a wallet.
IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon.

Reservists lose municipal-tax discounts after wartime protection expires, petition says

 Illustrative image of doing taxes.

Your Taxes: The 2026 aliyah tax opportunity is closing - here's what you need to know

Israel Tax Authority, Israel Land Authority, Bank of Israel.

Cryptocurrency trading under scrutiny as two Israelis face multimillion-dollar tax evasion probes


Friends for Health: combating rising costs and saving lives with medication donations

With soaring living costs, Friends for Health is stepping up to provide vital medications to those in need.

 BARUCH LIEBERMAN, the founder of Haverim L’Refuah (Friends for Health.)

How will Israel's new 2025 tax reforms enhance venture capital? - opinion

These proposed reforms represent a strategic effort to reinforce Israel's position as a global innovation and investment destination. 

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Your Taxes: Share options - red flags!

As always, consult experienced professional advisers in each country at an early stage in specific cases.

 Illustration of  Israeli shekels, September 24, 2023

Israel to consider limiting ownership of precious metals

New report shows Israeli prime minister looks to make sweeping monetary changes in fight against illicit money use

  Israel to consider limiting ownership of precious metals

Important developments for US citizens living in Israel - opinion

The US and Israel have instituted new legislation on the topics of investments, taxes, and real estate.

 Adv. Osher Felicia Haleli, a Partner in the law firm Shibolet & Co.

Israel announces new tax benefits for olim: What are they and how do they work? - opinion

To attract more individuals to migrate, the finance minister has introduced a new tax relief that lowers the purchase tax rates for residential property transactions involving new immigrants.

Olim from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah flight" to the Ben Gurion airport

Your Taxes: Withdrawals from savings - opinion

The Israeli government has amended tax laws to allow backdated pension contributions and early withdrawals from study funds due to the war.

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

How to disprove a wrongful tax evasion accusation

Your Taxes: Businesses should always have a commercial rationale for their acts.

Calculating taxes

Your Taxes: The end of cost plus in Israel? - opinion

The Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) has just won a significant victory in the District Court against the use of the “cost plus” basis of compensation.

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

Inheritance tax changes may trap UK olim

Olim from the UK frequently assume that by making aliyah, their liability to British estate taxes disappear. Unfortunately, this is far from true.

 Thousands of additional shekels can be saved every year with tax exemption