Israel tax authority

Organized crime costs Israel's economy around NIS 8,000 per household, data shows

The findings indicate that one of the central factors in the rise in the cost of living in Israel is widespread criminal activity across the agriculture, construction, and housing industries.

Chief of Police Daniel Levi at the scene of a shooting incident in Ramla, central Israel, May 11, 2026.
Housing Prices.

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

Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman at a Finance committee meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 6, 2025.

Gov't call center quality falls, public service scores climb, digital access rises, audit finds

A Magen David Adom vehicle is seen on Jaffa Street outside the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, June 8, 2026

Four children admitted to Jerusalem hospital with unspecified illness, investigation is ongoing


What are Israel's 'tax traps' for gifts, inheritance?

A transfer of an asset, whether as a gift or inheritance, to an Israeli resident recipient is not subject to Israeli taxation.

Calculating taxes

Stock option recharge damage control - opinion

Who pays for hi-tech stock options?

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How to dramatically improve Israeli tax administration - opinion

In most countries, tax law amendments accompany the annual government budget process. In Israel, the budgetary process is stalled for political reasons.

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Tax Authority working to help Holocaust survivors exercise tax benefits

Some 70% of the affected survivors had not filed any reports or requests for tax returns.

Polish-born Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack shows his prisoner number tattooed on his arm during a news conference at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem June 15, 2009.

Can the Tax Authority force accountants to hand over information?

Lawyers have legal privilege, accountants don’t

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Tax breaks for service platforms in Israel

US tax form (illustrative)

Gov't allows IDF Intelligence to receive information on civilians – report

The approval, a "general permit for information disclosure," will allow the IDF Intelligence Directorate to receive any information that the Tax Authority may have, on every single citizen.

IDF recruits at the Military Intelligence language school

Will the Israel Tax Authority push for the Italian model of tax disputes?

The ITA raised the possibility of best-judgment assessments in transfer-pricing cases, among others, in a recent tax circular.

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Your Taxes: Israel Tax Authority’s view on debt versus equity

The Israel Tax Authority's circular on founders’ shares is important for multinational corporations with Israeli subsidiaries, among others.

Stacks of Israeli shekel notes [Illustrative]

Keep out of the Tax Authority’s bad books

If you are part of a multinational group that wants to use a bona fide international accounting system, you must apply to the ITA for a special dispensation.

Shekel money bills