Taxes

Your Taxes: What new olim need to know about Israel's tax exemption

This article discusses what the Knesset enacted, what the Israeli Tax Authority is now saying, and what you can do about it.

Aliyah from France, which was saw 1,500 to 2,000 people moving to Israel every year, increased in 2025 to 3,300.
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Your Taxes: Can AI tax agents replace human experience in the tax field?

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

Your Taxes: Could taxes unlock Israel's constitutional future?

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Israel, Paybox launch Jerusalem's first municipal wallet in push to digitalize taxes, payments


Your Taxes: How to live longer according to the OECD

By 2060, one out of three people in OECD countries will be at least 65 years old, up from one out of five today, according to the OECD, with careers now spanning decades, up to five generations

A photo shows a view of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris on September 22, 2025

VAT on reinsurance transactions and overseas loans

In a panel led by Gal Greenberg of KPMG Israel, VAT Director David Shilon revealed that the Tax Authority considered expanding VAT rules under a legislative amendment to cover additional sectors.

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Ability Industries, two officials indicted in NIS 35m. defense-export case

Prosecutors charged the company and two officials with aggravated smuggling offenses and unlicensed defense marketing.

A general view of the the Magistrate's Court in Rishon LeZion on October 28, 2020.

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.

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

The petitioners claim that the criteria were artificially tailored while silencing the positions of the Tax Authority and the Budget Department, which opposed the move.

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Your Taxes: Look before you leap out of Israeli fiscal residency

Below, we discuss tax aspects for people leaving Israel. In a subsequent article, we will discuss returning to Israel.

New Israeli Shekel bills are seen in front of an upwards-trending graph (illustration)

King Charles to stay at Clarence House after Buckingham Palace refurbishment ends next year

Neither Charles nor the late Queen Elizabeth had stayed overnight at the palace since 2019. The king will maintain private rooms there that could be used as accommodation.

 Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla leave after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, Britain, April 20, 2025.

Iran seeks multibillion-dollar role in Strait of Hormuz reopening as US forbids tolls - report

During US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to the Gulf states this week, he made it clear that Iran would not be allowed to impose tolls on ships wishing to pass through the strait. 

An Iranian flag flutters in the wind as ships remain anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on May 16. Negotiations between the US and Iran over opening this critical waterway have largely stalled.

Trump says Iran has told US no tolls being sought at Strait of Hormuz

"Additionally, no money has been given to Iran, or released from their money to them, by the US," Trump wrote. 

Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 10, 2026.

Your Taxes: Two permanent homes and a double life? Problematic

The case mainly concerns a husband who was born in Israel in 1948, traveled to England in 1985, and to Nigeria in 1993, where he set up successful agricultural and chicken-breeding companies.

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