Tax

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.
Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Convicted fraudster extradited to Israel from Panama following multi-year pursuit

A conceptual illustration of global data networks, proxy servers and artificial intelligence technologies powering modern web data collection.

Your Taxes: Can AI tax agents replace human experience in the tax field?

Man in handcuffs - illustrative

Tax Authority employees arrested by Lahav 433 on suspicion of corruption, accepting bribes


Samsonite Israel launches summer sales on premium luggage and bags ahead of peak travel season

The offers include an effective 15.25% discount on the Proxis and Ecodiver collections, 25% off selected women’s bags and a complimentary smart luggage tag.

Samsonite Luggage

Interior Ministry changes the rules: Are you eligible for the new property tax discount?

New Interior Ministry rules: The model calculates per capita income and excludes allowances, making many middle-class families eligible for property tax discounts.

Money bills

"Taylor Swift tax" takes effect

Rhode Island's new real estate law targeted billionaires and wealthy non-residents, and will cost the pop star an additional $136,000 a year.

Taylor Swift

Discussion on Goldknopf’s proposal to lower VAT postponed by two weeks

The Tax Authority warns that the move will entail a revenue loss of NIS 8.5 billion per year, which would be funded by cuts or an increased deficit.

Yitzhak Goldknopf

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.

Bezalel Smotrich

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)

Israel electric corporation chairman supports competition, electricity prices among lowest globally

Doron Arbely: Opposes tax hikes, calls for lower VAT and more business certainty.

Doron Arbely.

End of tax exemption: Tax Authority move will cost property owners dearly in Israel

The move was formulated by the Finance Ministry led by Budget Commissioner and Chief Economist due to rising spending and need for revenue. Next government will approve a two-year budget in 2027.

Bezalel Smotrich.

Stop blaming shoppers for fast fashion: Israel's government should fix the market - opinion

Not everyone needs a new dress for every event. Re-wearing clothes should be part of the solution. But when the wedding season brings one event after another, women want more than one option.

An illustrative image of fast fashion.

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

In a follow-up report, Matanyahu Englman found that public service is improving across the board for Israelis, but call centers are still failing to meet specific needs.

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