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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

tax avoidance

A bird's eye view of MATAM, Haifa's premier technology park where Amazon, Google, Yahoo, Intel, Microsoft and other tech giants have locations. (CC BY 3.0)
July 29, 2024, 10:27 pm
Israel plans to enact global minimum tax of 15% on multinational corporates
Israel will be joining 140 countries in collecting a minimum tax from global tech giants such as Intel, Google, and Microsoft, which have been benefiting from reduced rates
By Sharon Wrobel
Wolt couriers in downtown Jerusalem, October 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2024, 10:15 am
Delivery company Wolt suspected of tax fraud worth NIS 33.5 million
Corporation’s operations chief in Israel detained over allegations he used fictitious invoices to write off large sums
By ToI Staff
Shas leader Aryeh Deri leaves the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on February 1, 2022 after his conviction on tax offenses. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 1, 2022, 3:53 pm
Court sentences Deri in plea bargain conviction on tax offenses
No longer a lawmaker but still leader of Shas party, politician given 12-month suspended prison term along with NIS 180,000 fine
By ToI Staff
Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri, right, hands his letter of resignation to Knesset Speaker MK Mickey Levy, January 23, 2020. (Knesset spokesperson)
January 23, 2022, 12:26 pm
Deri resigns from the Knesset in line with tax offense plea deal
Because the Shas party leader will not be an MK at time of pending verdict, he’ll dodge a ‘moral turpitude’ conviction, enabling possible return to politics
By ToI Staff
Billionaire entrepreneur and founder of SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the 68th International Astronautical Congress 2017, in Adelaide, Australia, on September 29, 2017. ( AFP PHOTO / PETER PARKS)
November 7, 2021, 10:35 am
Elon Musk holds Twitter vote on selling 10% of his Tesla stock
World’s richest man says he’ll abide by results of poll asking if he should offload shares in his electric-vehicle company as the ‘only way for me to pay taxes personally’
By AP
Model Bar Refaeli holds her stomach as she poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Ad Astra' at the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, August 29, 2019. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)
January 14, 2020, 5:25 pm
Model Bar Refaeli has 3rd baby as taxman closes in
Supermodel and her husband Adi Ezra welcome first son after 2 daughters; prosecutors seek millions from her for hiding income from authorities
By ToI Staff
Israeli model Bar Refaeli gestures during a press conference, in Paris, March 23, 2010. (Thibault Camus/AP)
January 14, 2020, 11:34 am
Prosecutors want model Bar Refaeli to pay $3.5m for tax offenses — report
Failure to hand over the money could see celebrity — or perhaps her mother — spend time behind bars, Channel 13 television says
By Stuart Winer and 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
Inbal Or, a former residential real estate developer whose empire collapsed following her arrest on allegations of fraud and tax evasion, holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, July 29, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
September 4, 2019, 2:26 pm
High-profile real estate developer charged with tax fraud, hiding NIS 80 million
Inbal Or indicted for deceiving clients, fooling bank manager with forged document showing she had millions in her account
By Stuart Winer
A Bank Mizrahi branch in Jerusalem (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 13, 2019, 5:53 am
Major Israeli bank to pay $195m penalty for US tax-avoidance scheme
Mizrahi-Tefahot one of three banks targeted by Justice Department for helping US citizens avoid paying taxes by stashing their assets in offshore accounts
By AP and Shoshanna Solomon
Bar Refaeli arrives for the opening ceremony and the screening of the film La Tete Haute (Standing Tall) at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 13, 2015. (Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)
January 2, 2019, 11:13 am
In unprecedented move, authorities tracked Refaeli’s phone in tax case — report
Tactic employed by investigation to determine whether model falsely claimed she lived abroad 2009-2010 to avoid payments is usually used only in murder or rape cases, experts say
By ToI Staff
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, in Cannes in 2011. (Shutterstock)
December 30, 2018, 10:24 pm
Israel ‘set to charge Bar Refaeli for tax offenses, perjury, money laundering’
TV report: Prosecutors also say supermodel falsely claimed she did not live in Israel in 2009-2010, did not declare pricey celebrity gifts
By 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
Donald Trump, center, sits with hands folded at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 6, 1990, before the start of grand opening ceremonies. Trump (C) attended the gala with his parents, Mary (3rd R) and Fred (2nd R), and sister US District Court Judge Maryanne Trump Barry (R), and brother Robert Trump (L) and his wife Blaine Trump (3rd L). Trump was dateless. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
October 3, 2018, 8:44 am
New York Times: Trump got $413m from his dad, much of it from tax dodges
Newspaper report claims US president’s family avoided paying tens of millions of dollars by undervaluing properties and creating a sham corporation
By AP
Supermodel Bar Refaeli (c) at the Tel Aviv District Court on August 12, 2017. (Screen capture: Hadashot news)
April 9, 2018, 5:47 pm
Bar Refaeli agrees to show tax prosecutors foreign bank accounts details
Supermodel and her mother to divulge documents after allegations they hid earnings of tens of millions of shekels from authorities
By ToI Staff
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