Taxes

Treasury to allocate NIS 40 million to institutions affected by war via two tracks

The Accountant General's initiative joins the Israel Tax Authority's program to compensate protection-racket victims and the decision to subsidize fuel prices by hundreds of millions of shekels.

|ByYEHUDA SHARONI
Gali Baharav-Miara.
“For many diaspora Jews, an apartment in Israel has become both an investment and a source of security and belonging.”

Your Taxes: Technological versus marketing income

Tech companies typically raise funds for both R&D and marketing campaigns, but will they be penalized for marketing? What is tech, and what is marketing?

|ByLEON HARRIS
A worker fills benzene, at a gas station in Jerusalem before petrol prices rise at midnight on 31 January 2011.

Finance Ministry aims to cut record high gas prices by 50 agorot, needs attorney-general's approval

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich intends to introduce the additional reduction, which, if approved and completed, is expected to bring the price of a liter of gasoline down to about NIS 7.77.

|ByLIAT RON
Income Tax and Property Tax Department at the Finance Ministry

Your Taxes: Returning to court with new information after tax rulings ruled to be bad faith

In the case of Henry Schwarzbaum Vs. Rehovot Assessing Officer, a court ruled that going to court may be wrong, and going back to court with additional evidence may be bad faith. What’s going on?

|ByLEON HARRIS

Your Taxes: The budget’s tax breaks

Olim already enjoy a 10-year Israeli tax holiday for foreign-source income and capital gains. Starting January 1, 2026, olim may also be exempt from Israeli tax on Israeli-source income.

APRIL 10, 2026ByLEON HARRIS
Thousands of additional shekels can be saved every year with tax exemption

Redomestication: How businesses are escaping California, New York, and Washington State

MARCH 29, 2026ByTAMI DEMSKY
“Businesses are relocating from high-tax states to Florida and Texas”

Your Taxes: Good news for Israelis with foreign rental income

In 2024, the NII issued Circular No. 1314, stating that it had stopped collecting NII contributions on Israeli residential rental income. But the NII said nothing about foreign rental income.

MARCH 20, 2026ByLEON HARRIS
Gavel [Illustrative]

Knesset advances bill granting five-year tax exemption to olim, returning residents

Olim, along with returning residents who have lived abroad for at least ten years, will be eligible for the tax exemption.

MARCH 18, 2026ByKESHET NEEV
Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026.

Your Taxes: How Israelis can claim fast-track missile damage compensation

The Israel Tax Authority has opened an online fast-track option for claims of property damage resulting from Iranian missile strikes, with compensation of up to NIS 30,000 available.

MARCH 13, 2026ByLEON HARRIS
Aftermath of an Iranian ballistic missile attack following impact of missile fragments in central Israel, March 8, 2026

Your Taxes: What makes Israeli hi-tech tick

Venture capital (VC) funds provide capital, education, and financial discipline to clever young geeks. The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) provides R&D grants.

MARCH 6, 2026ByLEON HARRIS
Israeli Tech

The real cost of leaving: What Israeli founders pay when they incorporate in the US

MARCH 2, 2026ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ
“Too many Israeli entrepreneurs make the move without understanding the full cost structure.”

Your Taxes: Doing business in Israel in 2026

Israel’s tax treaties and the OECD Multilateral Instrument refine these criteria for foreign companies.

FEBRUARY 27, 2026ByLEON HARRIS
New Israeli Shekel banknotes and coins, illustrative. November 9, 2021

US condemns Hamas after video shows terrorists intimidating, extorting Gazans

According to activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, the clip shows Hamas operatives shutting down small vendors who refused to pay taxes and threatening violence, disappearance, and torture.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Business owners protest at Knesset as Smotrich raises Israel's import tax exemption

The government approved Smotrich's order on Sunday and is expected to be finalized through a vote in the Knesset plenum on Monday evening.

FEBRUARY 23, 2026ByKESHET NEEV
Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 16, 2026.