Taxes

Hamas revenue machine thrives under Gaza ceasefire

Aid flows almost exclusively to strengthen the military wing and fortify Hamas’s structure, while the burden of civil and governmental management relies on local tax collection from merchants.

Hamas terrorists secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025.
An illustrative image of New Israeli Shekels in a wallet.

Your Taxes: How Israel’s new war compensation system works

US President Donald Trump gestures during a roundtable focused on tax cuts in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, April 16, 2026.

Israeli-founded startup uses AI to make filing taxes less painful in the US

US President Donald Trump displays a rendering of his proposed $250 million White House ballroom as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House on October 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trump’s White House ballroom 'gift' to America set to cost taxpayers $1 billion


Your Taxes: The end of cost plus in Israel? - opinion

The Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) has just won a significant victory in the District Court against the use of the “cost plus” basis of compensation.

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

Does the day after the war start with the Magna Carta? - opinion

Clearly, Gaza could do with a dose of democracy. Israel does have a democracy but lacks a constitution.

 One of the few surviving copies of the Magna Carta, on sheep’s skin is displayed at an exhibition in Hong Kong.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to align trading week with global bourses

The announcement comes as shares have recovered from the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel that pushed the broad Tel Aviv 125 index.

View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. November 29, 2020.

BYD electric car: $20,000 in China, $40,000 in Berlin, $44,000 here

Israelis pay high prices for Chinese electric cars, not just due to taxes, but because the Chinese rely on global subsidies for their domestic market.


Baseball is back - and so is financial optimism

Let’s use optimism, before reality strikes, to get our children on the path to financial independence. It’s a win-win: They become financially secure, and we don’t need to support them.

 Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Scott Feldman works against the Toronto Blue Jays into the eighth inning to pick up his first win as an Oriole during their MLB American League baseball game in Baltimore, Maryland July 14, 2013.

Your Taxes: How to optimize charity donations for taxes - opinion

In short, donate non-cash assets to the right charity.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Your Taxes: Israeli taxation is going higher and higher - opinion

With a war to finance and COVID-19 expenses still lingering, Israeli taxation is going only one way, which isn’t down.

 Illustrative image of doing taxes.

Your Taxes: How to do business in Israel in 2024 - opinion

There is no tax in Israel on estates or inheritances, only on gifts to foreign residents.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

New bill proposed: Abolish 10-year disclosure exemption for immigrants

Your taxes: Will the ten-year exemption for Olim be in danger next? Apparently not, according to the commentary.

 Illustration of a sign leading to the Tax Authorities offices in Jerusalem.

Israel increases sum planned to deduct from PA taxes, cites 'pay-to-slay' policy

Following pressure from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the PA's offset will be increased by an additional NIS 21 million.

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a press conference, February 14, 2024.