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עובדים במיקור חוץ ברומניה צוותים הייטק חו"ל

Israel’s revamped high-tech tax plan puts foreign investors and global companies in the spotlight

13.10.24|Sophie Shulman
A series of new measures, seeking to address investor concerns and offer clarity on capital gains exemptions and multinational tax obligations, has been reinstated into the Arrangements Law.
1 שר האוצר בצלאל סמוטריץ מסיבת עיתונאים תקציב המדינה 3.9.24

Israel's high-tech sector faces setback as key benefits removed from budget bill

22.09.24|Meir Orbach and Sophie Shulman
Foreign investor incentives and multinational tax reforms pushed to lengthy legislative process amid growing uncertainty.
מגדל עזריאלי שרונה תל אביב

Israel turns to tax breaks to lure back foreign high-tech investors

08.09.24|Adrian Filut
As investments drop, the government plans to roll out new tax incentives to reinvigorate foreign interest.
בניין אינטל ב חיפה

Intel-Israel negotiations revealed: What did the chip giant demand for $25 billion investment?

21.01.24|Shlomo Teitelbaum and Omer Kabir
Kfir Battat, Deputy Director of the Budget Department at Israel's Ministry of Finance, who led the talks with Intel, believes that even though the chip company did not make life easy for him and his colleagues, the final outcome is positive for both Israel and Intel
טנק של צה"ל ב עזה מלחמת עזה 25.12.23

War with Hamas to cost Israel at least another $14 billion in 2024 and result in a near-tripling of budget deficit

25.12.23|Reuters
Briefing lawmakers, the Finance Ministry said the war was expected to stretch at least two months into 2024, adding 30 billion shekels for security and another 20 billion for civilian and other expenses
שירה גרינברג כלכלנית ראשית ב משרד אוצר

Chief Economist warns judicial overhaul could harm Israel's growth

24.02.23|Reuters
In the document and budget plan that were sent to parliament on Thursday, Shira Greenberg noted that the judicial changes had not yet been completed but may still hurt investment as well as Israel's credit rating
בלוקצ'יין קריפטו מטבעות דיגיטליים 2

Israel to issue government bonds on a blockchain

19.10.22|CTech
The Israel Ministry of Finance and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange have established a joint team with VMware and Fireblocks to perform a Proof of Concept for the issuance of government bonds on a blockchain platform
משרד האוצר זירת הנדל"ן

Israel’s Ministry of Finance promotes a bill to encourage local fintech activity

05.07.21|Irit Avisar
According to the legislation, fintech companies that will test their services locally will receive regulatory relief
May Michelson Rahav Shalom Revivo Keren Aviasaf-Migdal Maria Brumberg

CTech Meets: The Fintech Ladies bringing women to finance

17.05.21|James Spiro
The Fintech Ladies IL community has more than 1,000 members and was created to empower women in the Fintech industries. CTech speaks with its founder to find out more
מחשוב ענן נטאפ

Project Nimbus: Microsoft looks to be out, with Amazon and Google in it for the win

30.03.21|Meir Orbach
Israel is expected to select two providers for government services through the cloud
מימין שר האוצר ישראל כץ וראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו מסיירים במפעל גילרו בבית שמש

Finance ministry promises 2021 budget in December amid executive brain drain

12.10.20|Reuters
Israel's economy has been hit hard from the Covid-19 outbreak and is expected to contract in 2020 for the first time in nearly two decades
Office workers wearing masks

Israel announces emergency stimulus program to boost employment in tech and industry

04.10.20|Hagar Ravet
The NIS 60 million program aims to quickly train 3,000 job seekers for R&D positions and R&D support roles
שכר כסף שטרות שקל שקלים תשלום משכורת השקעה

Israel awards 10 institutional investment firms safety net for tech investments

30.09.20|Meir Orbach
Institutional investors will be entitled to receive back up to 40% of their original investment in case of losses and will pay the IIA 10% of the difference between the return of their investments and the return received over the same period from state bonds should they make a profit
שירות התעסוקה לשכת חולון רשות האוכלוסין וההגירה חולון

Government reveals $320 million plan to stimulate investment, job retention in tech

10.08.20|Omri Milman
Fund allocation delayed due to political crisis, ministers highlight funds earmarked for enterprises that didn’t lay off workers despite revenue decline
בניין משרדים רמת החייל תל אביב

Despite Government Plans, Israeli Tech Leaders Aren’t Rushing to Send Employees to the Office

16.04.20|Meir Orbach
Industry executives tell Calcalist they’re satisfied with remote work productivity and will not risk workers’ health or comfort
כנסת ישראל זירת הנדל"ן

Israel’s Finance Ministry, Central Bank Warn Against Financial Disaster

12.01.20|Gad Lior
Israel’s political stagnation could steer the country towards mounting deficit, hurt social services and other essential government functions
שירה גרינברג כלכלנית ראשית ב משרד אוצר

There Is no Alternative to Raising Taxes, Says Israel’s Chief Economist

07.10.19|Omri Milman
In a first interview since her January appointment, Shira Greenberg talked about Israel’s budget deficit, market productivity, and the taxation of tech exists
ועידה כלכלית לאומית 2019 שאול מרידור ראש אגף תקציבים באוצר

Israel Mulling Taxing Sugary Drinks, Disposable Tableware, Says Finance Ministry Official

02.09.19|Lior Gutman
Shaul Meridor, head of the budget department at Israel’s Ministry of Finance, spoke Monday at Calcalist and Bank Leumi's National Economic Conference in Tel Aviv
מימין יואל נוה קרן לוי יובל טל חברת פיוניר

Israel's Former Chief Economist Joins Online Payment Company Payoneer

22.08.19|Meir Orbach
Yoel Naveh served as the chief economist of the Ministry of Finance until 2018