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.
Your Taxes: How Israel’s new war compensation system works
Israeli-founded startup uses AI to make filing taxes less painful in the US
Trump’s White House ballroom 'gift' to America set to cost taxpayers $1 billion
Knesset advances bill granting five-year tax exemption to olim, returning residents
Olim, along with returning residents who have lived abroad for at least ten years, will be eligible for the tax exemption.
Your Taxes: How Israelis can claim fast-track missile damage compensation
The Israel Tax Authority has opened an online fast-track option for claims of property damage resulting from Iranian missile strikes, with compensation of up to NIS 30,000 available.
Your Taxes: What makes Israeli hi-tech tick
Venture capital (VC) funds provide capital, education, and financial discipline to clever young geeks. The Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) provides R&D grants.
The real cost of leaving: What Israeli founders pay when they incorporate in the US
Your Taxes: Doing business in Israel in 2026
Israel’s tax treaties and the OECD Multilateral Instrument refine these criteria for foreign companies.
US condemns Hamas after video shows terrorists intimidating, extorting Gazans
According to activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, the clip shows Hamas operatives shutting down small vendors who refused to pay taxes and threatening violence, disappearance, and torture.
Business owners protest at Knesset as Smotrich raises Israel's import tax exemption
The government approved Smotrich's order on Sunday and is expected to be finalized through a vote in the Knesset plenum on Monday evening.
Study shows how Israel's economy funnels money to ultra-Orthodox families through benefit programs
The study, titled "On Taxes and Wonders," mapped, for the first time comprehensively, all that Israeli citizens give to the state and all that they receive from it.
Mamdani calls for 2% tax hike on wealthy New Yorkers
The New York City mayor claimed that increasing taxes by 2% on those earning more than a million dollars per year would resolve nearly half of the city's budget deficit.
Ashdod shop owner suspected of laundering money using ATM
According police, income from cash sales at the store, which was concealed from the tax authorities, was laundered through the suspect's bank accounts by depositing the cash into an ATM at the store
