Israel tax authority

Kiryat Shmona petitions High Court to extend war compensation for businesses struggling to recover

The municipality argues that allowing residents to return did not restore the customers, workers, and income that businesses depended on.

Residents of the northern city of Kiryat Shmona check missile attack damages at the city's Central Bus Station and Mall, Kiryat Shmona, Northern Israel on November 27, 2024.
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Your taxes: Capital declarations go online

The Omani pilot-terrorist who attempted to carry out an attack on a Flydubai flight.

The lesson from the nightmare flight – and the disturbing detail still not fixed

 Money and a calculator

Your Taxes: How tax insurance helps businesses and investors manage risk


Your Taxes: Clarifications for new Israeli tax amnesty

Consult experienced tax and professional advisers in each country at an early stage in specific cases.

Calculating taxes

Two suspects arrested after smuggling 80,000 cigarettes disguised as tissues

The two suspects, 31 and 32 years old, reportedly smuggled the cigarettes from Dubai, evading taxes estimated at about NIS 20 million.

Two suspects arrested after smuggling 80,000 cigarettes disguised as tissues.

Israel Tax Authority cracks down on fake invoices with stricter company ownership reporting

The Israel Tax Authority is also considering significantly tightening sanctions on controlling shareholders who sell companies but do not immediately report this to the Tax Authority.

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

Israeli food chain owner, businessman arrested for embezzling, evading $19 m.

Following an ongoing covert operation, the Tax Authority publicized the investigation.

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The dramatic changes proposed to the definition of Israeli, foreign residents - opinion

It is worth questioning why the Tax Authority largely abandoned the original committee’s recommendations without broader consultation.

 THE ISRAEL Tax Authority is apparently interpreting ‘mail’ to include email and downloads from the Internet.

Your Taxes: Avoiding a catch-22 - opinion

Anyone following the Israeli judicial reform process should note what can happen if an executive authority simply ignores the courts and uses a catch-22 excuse when caught out.

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

Israeli authorities foil smuggling attempt of unsafe beef, pork fat worth over NIS 1 million

While pork fat has long been used in cosmetics, the products in the seized shipment did not meet the necessary safety standards for food-grade items.

Ashdod Port

Gov't launches project to rebuild homes destroyed by Iranian missiles

The project will consolidate costs for home renovations across an apartment complex, aiming to reduce the overall cost to residents and the state.

 A Tel Aviv Apartment destroyed by an Iranian missile, June 16, 2025.

After damages from Iran attacks, Israel's small businesses are stuck in Tax Authority limbo

Many small businesses have been hit and are now effectively in limbo as they wait for compensation.

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Almost 15,000 homes damaged by Iranian attacks, thousands evacuated

Some 24 buildings were identified as needing to be demolished following damage from Iranian strikes, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said.  

 Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Petah Tikva, June 16, 2025