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Arnon Milchan (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in the Knesset on March 28, 2005. (Flash90)
February 19, 2018, 2:42 pm
Why ‘Milchan law’ at core of PM graft case is about so much more than tax breaks
Amendment 168, which Netanyahu allegedly sought to extend, opens a back door for money launderers. Who is blocking the Tax Authority from canceling the law’s key clause — and why?
By Simona Weinglass
Shai Franklin
January 5, 2018, 4:34 pm
Shai Franklin
Day school can’t be at the expense of college
US tax reform allows scholarship families to raid college funds to cover Jewish education; it is no salvation
Jewish preschoolers in Washington, DC, gaze at a Hanukkah menorah. (Mark Gail/The Washington Post via Getty Images/JTA)
January 3, 2018, 5:06 am
Are new US tax benefits for Jewish day schools a good thing?
New law gives parents in some states the opportunity to save hundreds of dollars a year in tax breaks, but there are some caveats
By Ron Kampeas
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
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager talks as she gives a press conference to order Apple to pay 13 billion euros in back taxes, in Brussels on August 30, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/John THYS)
August 30, 2016, 5:35 pm
EU hits Apple with record tax bill of 13 billion euros
Largest fine in European history for illegal Irish tax break threatens US economic partnership with Europe
By Danny Kemp
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the Detroit Manufacturing Systems plant, Friday, March 4, 2016, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
March 5, 2016, 9:47 am
Clinton urges rivals to present ‘credible’ economic plan
Democratic candidate takes aim at Sanders, Trump, saying next president needs ‘judgment and experience’
By Ken Thomas
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a rally at Yeshiva Shaare Torah in Brooklyn in support of the Parental Choice in Education Act, May 17, 2015. (NYS Governor's Office/Kevin P. Coughlin/ via JTA)
June 2, 2015, 3:58 am
Why New York’s proposed education tax credit is good for the Jews
With two weeks to go before Albany adjourns for the year, day school advocates are planning a last-minute lobbying push for this Assembly bill
By Uriel Heilman
Yair Lapid (R) seen with Naftali Bennett during a plenum session in the Israeli parliament, March 2013 (photo credit: Isaac Harari/Flash90)
July 17, 2014, 7:56 pm
Two ministers try to extend tech investment
Bennett, Lapid hope an amendment to existing ‘Angel’s Law’ can enhance the flow of cash to start-ups in Israel
By David Shamah
Projected aerial view of the IDF's advanced technology and training facilities near Beersheba (Courtesy: Ministry of Development for the Galilee and Negev)
July 7, 2014, 7:04 pm
Tax breaks scream out to tech firms: ‘Go south’
Israel’s tech opportunities head for Beersheba as government benefits sweeten pot for start-ups, multinationals
By David Shamah
US President Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, June 17, 2013 (Evan Vucci/AP)
May 8, 2014, 2:15 am
Obama to remove special trade benefits for Russia
Program, designed to help developing countries, gave Moscow a $544 million break on import taxes in 2012
By Nedra Pickler
Dr. Michael Sarel (Photo credit: Youtube screen capture)
March 19, 2014, 8:28 pm
Top treasury economist quits over tax-free home plan
Economics director says exemption for young couples is populist, may actually lead to increase in prices
By Itamar Sharon
Deputy Education Minister Avi Wortzman, January 15, 2014 (photo credit: Flash90)
February 11, 2014, 5:53 pm
Deputy education minister: Same-sex couples not a family
Ahead of a second reading for tax credit equality bill, MK Wortzman says male homosexual couples shouldn’t get child benefits
By TOI staff
Members of the homosexual community demonstrate in Tel Aviv's Habima Square, December 14, 2013. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)
December 15, 2013, 7:42 pm
Gay rights activists rally in Tel Aviv
Over a thousand protest Jewish Home’s veto of a bill that would grant same-sex male couples child tax breaks
By TOI staff
Finance Minister Yair Lapid, November 05, 2013. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/FLASH90)
November 7, 2013, 9:21 pm
Tax breaks to stay for big companies, Lapid says
Finance minister urges moves to help keep young people in the country, prevent brain drain
By Stuart Winer
Teva's facility in Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 15, 2013, 10:07 pm
Teva freezes layoffs of some 800 Israeli employees
Histadrut chief and CEO of pharmaceutical giant agree that any firings will take place only with agreement of labor representatives
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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