Israel tax authority

Businesses damaged through extortion to be assisted by NIS 35 million program backed by Smotrich

Smotrich's plan includes compensation worth tens of millions of shekels for victims of protection-money extortion, aiming to enable those the have suffered protection payments to refuse to pay.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a ceremony marking the establishment of the new Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Arugot in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, September 2, 2026.
 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

Impact site in Kiryat Shmona.

Businesses shocked in Kiryat Shmona: State demands $68 million return

Israel Tax Authority, Israel Land Authority, Bank of Israel.

Nearly NIS 2B. revealed: Voluntary tax disclosure program comes to an end


Israeli real estate: When is a trust a bad idea?

When doing succession planning for Israeli real estate, the choices may include using a trust, a nomineeship, an entity or direct bequests to the heirs. Each has pros and cons.

House and calculator [Illustrative].

Beware split real estate deals in Israel - the Tax Authority may notice

We can only guess what the taxpayer planned, but the ITA taxed the overall deal their way and the District Court ruled in the ITA’s favor.

House and calculator [Illustrative].

Court: Transfer of Israeli real estate into trust can be taxed - comment

The Supreme Court’s ruling affects anyone who transferred or is considering transferring real property in Israel into a trust, or in the event he is a beneficiary in such a trust.

 Illustrative image of doing taxes.

Israelis unable to work amid security lockdowns to receive financial compensation

The Finance Minister has doubled down on his prior promise to compensate any worker who has lost income due to rocket fire.

 Rockets are fired toward Israel from Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2022.

Israel bans use of cash for purchases larger than NIS 6,000

Cash deals exceeding 6,000 NIS will be illegal, as part of the effort to fight against money laundering and criminal activity.

 Illustration photo of the new 200 New Israeli Shekel (NIS) bill. February 7, 2016

Former Mossad head to receive tax refund of NIS 100,000

The tax authority initially refused to grant the application, so a class action lawsuit was filed in March 2018. Shavit's accountant drew his attention to his right to a refund.

FORMER DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the Mossad Shabtai Shavit speaks in Tel Aviv in 2017.

Israel has a new stealth tax on digital products - what you need to know

This affects international exporters and Israeli importers of digital products.

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

Corona grant repayments to the Israeli Tax Authority - opinion

The grants were a desperately needed lifeline for many Israeli businesses

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Israeli real estate tax proposals - opinion

The aim is to encourage sales and supply and hence bring down home prices. The public has until 23:59 p.m. February 3 to comment on the proposals.

Real Estate

Treasury revenue from cars climbs to NIS 44b in 2021

With record new vehicle sales in Israel in 2021, purchase tax earned by the government on new cars in the first 11 months of the year amounted to NIS 10.8 billion, up 20% from 2020.

 Cars brought on cargo ships, imported from abroad, seen parked at the port in the Southern Israeli town of Ashdod, before being transported away for sale. June 23, 2014.