Taxes

Your Taxes: How to live longer according to the OECD

By 2060, one out of three people in OECD countries will be at least 65 years old, up from one out of five today, according to the OECD, with careers now spanning decades, up to five generations

A photo shows a view of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris on September 22, 2025
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VAT on reinsurance transactions and overseas loans

A general view of the the Magistrate's Court in Rishon LeZion on October 28, 2020.

Ability Industries, two officials indicted in NIS 35m. defense-export case

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Lawyer claimed disability residency status to save NIS 450,000 on property taxes


Your Taxes: Beware of ‘trapped profits’ taxation in international cases

Trapped profits refer to undistributed profits on which “only” 23% company tax was paid. In many cases, the profits were plowed back into the business of the company concerned.

 Stacking green finance opportunities can lead to economic growth with money and coins representing the benefits of this sustainable concept. finance, green, money, coin, growth, stack, opportunity.

US Pres. Donald Trump committed to $2,000 tariff payoff, warns US faces 'economic disaster'

Trump said the United States faced an economic and national security disaster if the Supreme Court ruled against his use of an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs.

US President Donald Trump speaks inside the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC, November 12, 2025

Knesset advances first reading for tax benefits bills for Ashkelon, southern Israel, West Bank

The bills will now be brought to the Knesset’s committees for further discussion before being brought back to the plenum, where they will need to pass a second and third reading to become law.

View of buildings and houses in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, August 27, 2024.

Your Taxes: Why you should use publicly-available company printouts in business deals - opinion

The Israeli business sector will gain more transparency with increased Israel Companies Registry information becoming publicly available.

 View of the Tax Authorities offices in Rehovot on September 15, 2024.

Your Taxes: How Israeli companies can dodge the new trapped profits tax - explainer

This opportunity to reorganize by full or partial liquidation expires soon. But these rules are not the greatest thing since sliced bread.

 Income Tax and Property Tax Department at the Finance Ministry

Your Taxes: What new immigrants and returning residents need to know before aliyah to Israel

“New residents” and “senior returning residents” who lived abroad 10 years are entitled to a package of income-tax benefits.

Calculating taxes

Your Taxes: Clarifications for new Israeli tax amnesty

Consult experienced tax and professional advisers in each country at an early stage in specific cases.

Calculating taxes

Your Investments: Swimming lessons, gambling, and financial success

In many facets of life, patience is needed to achieve success. Creating wealth is no different. You are not going to get rich overnight.

Husband and wife discussing investment plans with financial advisor

Your Taxes: It's time for the maritime areas bill to become law

The bill will help Israel secure crown jewels in the Mediterranean offshore gas fields.

: London-based Energean's drill ship begins drilling at the Karish natural gas field offshore Israel in the east Mediterranean May 9, 2022.

Your Taxes: Rayner affair - avoidance vs evasion

Angela Rayner quits over stamp duty error on second home. Was it a mistake, avoidance, or evasion? Israel faces similar tax dilemmas.

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Britain, September 2, 2025.