Israeli taxes

Your Taxes: How Israel’s new war compensation system works

The new law is complex. In practice, an accountant typically enters data into the ITA system, and it crunches the numbers. 

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Dental Care.

Man indicted for illegally operating dental clinic in Rishon Lezion for nine years

 Illustration of  Israeli shekels, September 24, 2023

Your Taxes: So you want to acquire an Israeli company?

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

Your Taxes: The budget’s tax breaks


Well-known graphic designer suspected of tax evasion of NIS 3 million

It was found during the investigation that the suspect didn't report any income from sales from a platform at all.

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Cooking up a tax plan for food

Input VAT is not recoverable on the caterer’s invoices, kitchen equipment and dining-hall furniture.

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Your Taxes: Israel upholds tax on transfer of real estate to trusts

This judgment was the final stop in a series of appeals, including an earlier hearing in the High Court of Justice.

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When is legal Israeli tax planning illegitimate?

you. Many other countries have similar but not identical rules. This case summarizes for us what is legitimate Israeli tax planning and what isn’t.

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Smotrich publishes draft to cancel disposable utensil tax

Having had his eye on the tax’s cancellation for a while, Smotrich has moved to follow through on his goal, and will likely target a tax on soft drinks next.

 Religious Zionist head Bezalel Smotrich attends a discussion in the Israeli parliament on the TV-show "Shtula" (Double agent), airing on Israeli TV,  November 21, 2022.

What are Israel's reportable tax positions?

If your tax planning is at odds with an ITA position, you must tell them on Form 146 so they know where to start a tax audit.

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Your Taxes: The OECD, the UN and Israel - opinion

What does the OECD say? Why is the OECD fighting the United Nations? How does Israel compare?

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Haifa residents willing to pay more taxes to get rid of wild boars - study

During COVID-19, when people were shut away in their homes, wild boars began to enter populated areas more than before.

 A young boar walks through Las Planas neighborhood in the Collserola Natural Park in Barcelona, Spain, August 11, 2022.

Tax Authority contacting 19,000 citizens to check eligibility for tax returns

The letters were sent to citizens who, after their payslips from 2016 were examined, are entitled to refunds.

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Returning residents in Israel face financial fuss on taxes

The real estate tax tribunal has just ruled that second-time immigrants don’t always qualify for purchase tax relief on their home in Israel, even if they didn’t get the relief in their first aliyah.

 FRENCH JEWS arrive on aliyah at Ben-Gurion Airport, including a person who kisses the ground of Israel. Today, more than four out of every 10 Jews in the world live in Israel.