Knesset passes bill granting PM tax exemptions

17 July 2018, 2:14 pm

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The Knesset passes legislation that will exempt the prime minister from paying taxes on certain assets, effectively raising his yearly take-home pay by up to NIS 200,000 ($55,000).

The legislation, authored by Likud MK Miki Zohar, who is considered a loyalist to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, provides the premier with “a tax exemption for payments, services and gifts given to him in the framework of his job, excluding his salary,” according to the text of the bill.

Specifically, the law will exempt the premier from taxes on his state-issued car and on utility bills paid by the state at his personal home.

— Raoul Wootliff