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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

municipal tax

View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023. (Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 11:34 pm
Municipal strike in protest of tax redistribution to continue, but schools to reopen
Federation of Local Authorities vows it will not participate in Arnona Fund plan to redistribute municipal taxes, as Knesset Finance Committee votes to approve measure
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a Religious Zionism faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 8:03 pm
Municipal tax plan advanced for Knesset OK; opposition brands it state-backed ‘theft’
Smotrich slams ‘irresponsible’ strike action by some local councils against plan, which will take funds from richer cities to fund poorer ones; Gantz brands move discriminatory
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Hizky Sivak of the Emek Hefer Regional Council is taken out by Knesset guards from a Finance Committee meeting and a vote on the Arnona Fund at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 4:41 pm
Lawmakers scuffle in Knesset over municipal tax plan as Arab communities join strike
Smotrich looking to compel cities to end strike that has shuttered schools and services in dozens of towns; Labor MK threatens to go to court, says move discriminates against Arabs
By ToI Staff
View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023. (Flash90)
May 15, 2023, 9:36 am
Several major municipalities strike over coalition plan to redistribute local taxes
Cites including Tel Aviv, Holon, Ashdod, Haifa shut schools, halt garbage collection and welfare services; ex-welfare minister: Many areas need aid, but not with ‘ugly hijacking’
By ToI Staff
Federation of Local Authorities chair and mayor of Modiin Haim Bibas speaks at a Knesset Finance Committee meeting on May 14, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
May 14, 2023, 5:33 pm
Mayors call sweeping strike Monday to protest being forced to share municipal taxes
Coalition plans to create a tax fund that will draw resources from wealthier communities and redistribute them to poor or more far-flung localities
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Apartment buildings in the Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem, one of the most popular locations for Israeli investment properties, January 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 8:11 pm
Property investors may lose tax breaks in real estate reforms
New proposals aim to reduce tax-exempt rental income for homeowners with more than one property and generate billions of extra shekels in state revenue
By Danielle Nagler
A view of a construction crane in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on June 21, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 30, 2023, 9:47 pm
Central bank urges higher residential property tax to alleviate housing crisis
Bank of Israel: Increase tax on housing, and cut it on land zoned for business and commerce, to help encourage residential construction
By Sharon Wrobel
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