Taxes

Your Taxes: The 2026 aliyah tax opportunity is closing - here's what you need to know

Israel's new 2026 aliyah tax rules offer temporary income tax breaks for new immigrants and returning residents, while requiring greater disclosure of foreign assets despite existing exemptions.

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Gali Baharav-Miara.

Treasury to allocate NIS 40 million to institutions affected by war via two tracks

“For many diaspora Jews, an apartment in Israel has become both an investment and a source of security and belonging.”

Your Taxes: Technological versus marketing income

A worker fills benzene, at a gas station in Jerusalem before petrol prices rise at midnight on 31 January 2011.

Finance Ministry aims to cut record high gas prices by 50 agorot, needs attorney-general's approval


Your Taxes: How the One Big Beautiful Bill impacts Americans in Israel

For Americans living in Israel, how will President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) affect your tax situation?

 The Big Beautiful Bill Is Triggering a Gold & Silver Boom

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.

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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.

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Your Taxes: Tough new fiscal residency proposals

It is proposed that 75 days in Israel any year may soon make someone an Israeli resident – or even a mere 30 days for couples – subject to a further review over five years according to a formula.

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Jewish schools, families poised for windfall under new federal tax-credit program

The $1,700 federal tax credit to support private school tuition delivers a long-sought victory to Orthodox Jewish advocacy groups and other religious education proponents.

Orthodox Jewish children get off a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn in response to a measles outbreak, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, US, April 9, 2019.

Your Taxes: Claim your rights regarding purchase tax on a new home - opinion

Not paying purchase tax on unbuilt property is easier than claiming it back.

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Your Taxes: Government grabs an employee fringe benefit

The government apparently needs to finance the war partly at the expense of employees – notwithstanding the lengthy service of many on IDF reserve duty.

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Your Taxes: Deductions for prepaid property rent and expenses - opinion

Here’s how to navigate the process.

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Your Taxes: How to get off tax fines

Israel’s tax authority fines can be heavy, but there are ways to reduce or eliminate them. Here’s how to navigate the process and seek relief.

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