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Illustrative: Passengers at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport, August 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 6, 2026, 10:06 pm
Emigration of doctors, engineers, other highly educated Israelis hits record high
Israel Tax Authority research finds a near-doubling in five years of skilled, high-earning Israelis leaving; expert warns the trend risks becoming a spiral effect, difficult to reverse
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: New Israeli shekel bills, September 24, 2023. (Hadar Youavian/ Flash90)
January 1, 2026, 7:14 pm
Wave of price rises and tax hikes takes effect, fueling costs for Israelis in 2026
As of Jan. 1, the cost of electricity, water and cooking gas increases, while municipal property tax rates and other taxes rise, shrinking disposable income for Israelis
By Sharon Wrobel
New immigrants arrive in Israel on a Nefesh B'Nefesh charter flight, August 20, 2025 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
November 6, 2025, 12:59 pm
Israel unveils 0% tax rate for 2026’s immigrants and returning residents
Program will expand existing benefits and tax incentives for new arrivals, as government prioritizes immigration as an economic driver of growth
By Zev Stub
Finance Ministry Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on November 4, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 4, 2025, 7:34 pm
Unveiling 2026 budget, Smotrich fumes at excessive defense spending, mulls tax cuts
Finance Ministry officials criticize the Defense Ministry for inefficient spending practices at the expense of welfare and education; Smotrich seeks to impose a new tax on banks
By Sharon Wrobel
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a Knesset faction meeting of his far-right Religious Zionism party, July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 8, 2023, 10:07 pm
Fiscal deficit swells to 1% as tax income drops and government expenditure grows
Figures show government spending has increased 6.8% since the start of the year, while state income from taxes fell 4.3% year-on-year, led by sharp drop in real estate taxation
By Sharon Wrobel
Mike Bloomberg speaks at a campaign rally in Nashville, Tennessee, February 12, 2020. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images via JTA)
June 9, 2021, 11:25 pm
Bloomberg vows to nab whoever leaked his tax records
Documents obtained by nonprofit ProPublica show billionaire philanthropist paid 3.7% on $1.9 billion in income in 2018, and 1.3% for the period 2014-2018
By Asaf Shalev
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting at Chagall State Hall in the Knesset on May 24, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)
June 28, 2020, 11:22 am
Netanyahu says he was right to secure tax break worth NIS 1m, but timing was off
Lapid says PM doesn’t deserve state money at a time of financial crisis, with hundreds of thousands unemployed
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 21, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
June 27, 2020, 12:27 pm
Outcry over Netanyahu tax breaks, virus rise delays debate on alternate PM perks
Discussions pushed off after critics blast Knesset panel’s recent decision to award PM controversial tax benefits amid economic meltdown and uptick in COVID-19 cases
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting at Chagall State Hall in the Knesset on May 24, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)
June 23, 2020, 2:50 pm
MKs okay retroactive tax benefits for Netanyahu worth hundreds of thousands
Controversial vote passes in absence of lawmakers from Blue and White; critics blast ‘delusional’ decision at time of economic hardship due to pandemic
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz attends a cabinet meeting of the new government at Chagall State Hall in the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 24, 2020. (Abir Sultan/ Pool/ AFP)
June 22, 2020, 11:21 pm
Blindsided by PM’s tax benefits clause, Gantz mulls whether to fight it – report
Blue and White, Likud said trying to reach deal on element of unity deal that grants Netanyahu retroactive tax benefits, as Knesset Finance Committee set to consider it
By ToI Staff
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, right, with her mother Tzipi Levin in their home. 2001. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
January 12, 2020, 10:31 pm
Model Bar Refaeli said near plea bargain over tax offenses; mother could do time
Celebrity’s mother could reportedly take full responsibility for allegedly hiding millions in earnings from authorities and serve 6 months behind bars
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, May 18, 2018. (Susan Walsh/ AP)
October 13, 2018, 10:10 pm
Jared Kushner reportedly paid little to no income taxes for years
In an entirely legal maneuver, Trump son-in-law is said to have used loopholes to avoid paying for his earnings despite making millions
By ToI Staff
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on August 16, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
From the WebOctober 13, 2018, 8:44 pm
Report: Kushner may have dodged paying income taxes for years
Trump son-in-law apparently used loopholes to avoid paying for his earnings despite making millions, NY Times reports
Yoalish Krois (Courtesy Videonayes.com/Wikipedia)
July 8, 2017, 3:13 am
After pardon, anti-Zionist activist mulls naming 17th child for Rivlin
Yoalish Krois, a member of an extremist ultra-Orthodox faction, was released by the president in time for the birth of his son
By JTA
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon during a plenum session at the Knesset to approve changes in tax laws, May 10, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 11, 2017, 11:09 am
Knesset approves family tax break plan
Lawmakers unanimously pass bill that increases monthly taxation credits earned by parents of young children
By Stuart Winer and Marissa Newman
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