Israeli taxes

Lawyer claimed disability residency status to save NIS 450,000 on property taxes

Rafael Yitzhak was released under restrictive conditions while authorities investigate suspected property tax fraud worth NIS 450,000.

House and calculator [Illustrative].
Yitzhak Goldknopf

Discussion on Goldknopf’s proposal to lower VAT postponed by two weeks

Bezalel Smotrich

The Association for Civil Rights petitions against the tax benefits law for settlements

Fiance Minsiter Bezalel Smotrich and members of the Religious Zionist Party as Knesset passes law for West Bank settlements to receive tax benefits.

Knesset approves tax benefits for West Bank settlements amid opposition criticism


Your Taxes: Tax penalty for couples, married or not

If you buy or sell a home in Israel, your tax will be higher if you are married or living together as a common-law couple, than if you are single.

 Illustrative image of doing taxes.

World Bank reports states Palestinian health services face crisis

So far in 2023, the income of the Palestinian public has increased considerably, but expenses have also increased,

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the China-Arab summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 9, 2022.

How changing foreign tax legislation could impact how much you pay

YOUR TAXES: With the new year approaching, the government wants to take a different bite out of your apples (and income) abroad.

Calculating taxes

Your Taxes: Israeli accounting bodies should proceed to shake up these matters

The current Israeli judicial crisis is all about checks and balances. Accountants and auditors (as well as judges and lawyers) are part of these checks and balances.

Calculating taxes

Carry on taxing, Israel Tax Authority tells banks after court ruling

The case concerned an Israeli private individual who received dividends on shares he held in Canadian and Australian companies.

 Illustration of a sign leading to the Tax Authorities offices in Jerusalem.

What do you need to know about buying shares in Israeli companies?

YOUR TAXES: Buy assets not shares in an exit (although this may increase the Israeli sellers’ tax bill)

Calculating taxes

Your Taxes: Israel Tax Authority issued instructions for non-taxation of SAFEs

A SAFE is an agreement whereby an amount of money is invested now in a company in return for shares to be issued later, by which time the shares in the company may be worth more.

Calculating taxes

An economy lacking bread will also have no Torah - opinion

The less economic ability Israel’s citizens have, the greater the harm to the State of Israel – and that is without even addressing the issue of risk-averse investors.

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich addresses the plenum during the state budget debate in the Knesset, last week.

Yair Lapid offers 2% VAT cut instead of billions in Israeli coalition funds

The purpose of Yair Lapid's conference was to present guidelines for an alternative 2023-2024 Israeli budget, days before the government's budget proposal.

 The Knesset Finance Committee, led by Moshe Gafni, is seen debating the City Tax Fund, in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2023.

Passing the Municipal Tax Fund will increase animosity in Israel - editorial

"It is not our job to worry about budgetary resources to solve national crises,” a statement from The Federation of Local Authorities in Israel said.

 WITH 11,000 employees, the Jerusalem Municipality is the capital’s beating heart.