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Roaring Lion: Israel's self-employed need an economic safety net during crisis - opinion

Israel's war with Iran severely harms small and micro-businesses and the freelance population and increases the likelihood that they will not be able to recover.

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of a downwards-trending graph (illustration)
 New Israeli Shekel banknotes and coins, illustrative. November 9, 2021

Your Taxes: Doing business in Israel in 2026

FARMERS AND their supporters protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem against a milk reform promoted by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in Jerusalem on February 4, 2026.

Israel’s milk crisis is man-made, quotas are to blame - opinion

Truck and car on highway in front of stacks of shipping containers

Israel, Costa Rica sign FTA eliminating over 90% of tariffs, expanding bilateral trade


Bank of Israel hikes interest rate again, this time by 0.25%

This marks the Bank of Israel's ninth consecutive raise in recent months

 BANK OF Israel headquarters in Jerusalem: Israel’s favorable environment for economic development has been accompanied by an impressive improvement in the country’s credit rating, say the writers.

Israel's hospital bed shortage continues, wait times longer than ever

The rate of beds for acute care in Israel is only 2.0 per 1,000 people, a figure significantly lower than the OECD average, which is 3.5.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

High dairy prices may rise up to 16% in May

Why do dairy products cost so much more here than in other OECD countries?

 Dairy products on sale at Machsanei HaShuk supermarket chain, one of Israel's largest privately-owned food retail chains, in the northern town of Katsrin, Golan Heights on September 12, 2022.

Israel among top 10 countries with longest life expectancies - report

Israel boasts one of the highest life expectancies in the world while managing to maintain low healthcare costs.

Hospital bed in Hadassah Ein Kerem

Israel wastes over 1/3rd of its food every year - Leket

Leket CEO: Incomprehensible a solution exists that would be effective across the board with economic, social, environmental and health benefits, and yet, the government ignores it.

Fresh vegetables are sold at the shuk (market)

Israel's Supreme Court upholds tax treaties in foreign levy case

The Supreme Court analyzed the situation and the law in detail. In the end the Court ruled against the employing companies for a number of reasons.

Israel's High Court of Justice

Israeli tax regulations expand transfer-pricing reporting rules

Transfer pricing studies must now be filed within 30 days after any request from the ITA, instead of 60 days previously.

 Illustrative image of doing taxes.

OECD members beware: Global tax might be on the way

What should a taxpayer company do if Israel adopts a 15% minimum tax?

Calculating taxes

Israeli teachers earn more comparatively than others in the OECD - report

As teachers threaten to strike, the Shoresh institution questions if teachers' wages are the main issue in the education system.

 Children wearing face masks attend a class as students return to school after the summer break, less than a month into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster drive, at Arazim Elementary School in Tel Aviv, Israel September 1, 2021

The OECD Robin Hood package – Here's what you need to know

YOUR  TAXES: The new OECD plan is an unfinished symphony.

 Secretary-General of the OECD Mathias Cormann and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman.