VAT

Your Taxes: Recovering VAT on employee fringe benefits

Inputs for employees are defined as assets or services, such as meals, housing, gifts, or entertainment intended for the enjoyment, use, welfare, or benefit of employees or their family.

 An illustration showing VAT in 2025.
 Tips jar with money on light wooden table in cafe; illustrative

Service industry staff do not need to pay VAT on tips, Tax Authority confirms

 Mortgage

Steep fall in mortgage taking in Israel in January

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Altshuler Shaham to acquire 20%-25% stake in KSP at NIS 2.3 billion valuation


Israeli home purchases by foreign residents jump 50%

In November-December, they purchased 22 apartments at prices of more than NIS 10 million, out of 72 such apartments purchased in 2024, a large part of which were new apartments.

 SCENES FROM Tel Aviv: Checking out apartment prices.

Food chain surprises: "We will absorb the VAT increase"

Carrefour announced it will absorb the VAT increase on 1,700 private label products, including food, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, and fresh meat, chicken, and fish.

 Carrefour Dizengoff Center. The 80th branch in Israel