Tax

20 stories about Tax
משרדי ברודקום ב קליפורניה

Israeli Tax Authority Wants Broadcom to Shell Out $62.3 Million More for BroadLight Assets Acquisition

01.09.19|Tomer Ganon and Omri Milman
Three months after paying some $200 million for BroadLight in 2012, Broadcom paid $59.5 million for its intellectual property and other assets—a sum the authority is now saying severally undervalued their true value
טלפון גלישה רשתות חברתיות

Got a New Like on Facebook? It May Be Your Friendly Neighborhood Tax Investigator

02.08.19|Gad Lior
The Israeli Tax Authority has recently started tracking tax-evading businesses using social networks. The incriminating data, it turns out, it right at their fingertips
הוועידה הכלכלית הלאומית 2018 ערן יעקב בשיחה עם עמרי מילמן

In its Battle Against Tax Evaders, Israel Tax Authority Sets its Sights on Payment Apps

14.07.19|Raheli Bindmand
Israeli Banks Leumi, Hapoalim, and Discount all offer mobile payment apps; some small businesses have been using them to perform transactions under the radar
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Bitcoin's Asset Status Makes its Profits Taxable, Israeli Court Rules

21.05.19|Omri Milman
An appellant, rejected Monday, acquired bitcoin in 2011 and sold it in 2013, netting a profit of around NIS 8.3 million that he claimed should not be subject to a capital gains tax
לאונרדו דיקפריו בר רפאלי

Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli’s Tax Struggles Are Long From Over

23.04.19|Omri Milman and Tomer Ganon
An Israeli court recently ruled the model will have to pay evaded taxes for an income of $4.5 million, but Refaeli still has to contend with the Israeli tax authority on two more fronts, including possible criminal charges
בר רפאלי

Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli to Pay Evaded Taxes for Earnings of $4.5 Million

22.04.19|Tomer Ganon and Omri Milman
The Israeli model has been under investigation by the Israeli tax authority since 2015, suspected of falsely reporting she was living outside of Israel to evade taxes
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Israel Tax Authority Issues Pre-Ruling on Tax Benefits for Small Startups

11.04.19|Omri Milman
In October, Calcalist reported that to encourage the local tech sector, the authority is updating its regulation to award companies with less than 10 people the same benefits as large enterprises
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Israel Mulling Tourist Tax

21.03.19|Adrian Filut
Currently levied by 42 countries, tourist taxes are paid by non-citizens entering a country to help combat the negative effects of over-tourism and to invest in tourism-related government projects and initiatives
מדדים השקעה בנק

Israel Moves Ahead With International Exchange of Financial Information of Foreign Residents

17.03.19|Omri Milman
The policy is a result of Israel’s commitment to an international taxation standard called common reporting standard (CRS)
אורי גלר ב ביתו ב יפו

Spoon-Bending Illusionist Uri Geller Looks for Flexibility in Tax Ruling

12.02.19|Tomer Ganon and Omri Milman
Geller is appealing the Israel Tax Authority’s decision to levy a one-off tax on a property he has leased until 2072
קאר שולץ מנכל טבע

Israel Tax Authority to Demand Over NIS One Billion From Teva

16.01.19|Omri Milman and Tomer Ganon
Teva did not pay taxes in Israel for the decade preceding 2014, saving NIS 20.6 billion in tax benefits
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The Alleged Sweet Life of Israeli Supermodel Bar Refaeli

06.01.19|Tomer Ganon and Omri Milman
As a way to evade Israeli taxes, Refaeli’s earnings were allegedly registered under three companies in the Virgin Islands, Cyprus, and Singapore, one of them called Sweet Life, according to indictment documents
כסף מחשבון

Israel Approves CRS Tax Regulations, With a Caveat

03.01.19|Omri Milman
Israel's parliamentary finance committee approved on Tuesday a series of statutes that will make life a lot harder for tax evaders in the country. Philanthropic Jewish orthodox community lending institutes will be exempted
משרדי פלייטק איפסוויץ' בריטניה Playtech

Online Gambling Company Playtech Reaches Tax Settlement in Israel

03.01.19|Dror Reich
The London-listed gambling software developer will pay $32 million following an audit for the years 2008-2017
בר רפאלי ב ביהמ"ש

Pending Hearing, Israel Might Indict Model Bar Refaeli for Tax Evasion

31.12.18|Omri Milman
Refaeli allegedly reported she was living abroad at a time when she was actually living in Israel to avoid paying taxes on foreign income
כסף מחשבון

Israel to Demand Tax Report Amendments From Local Outposts of Tech Multinationals

23.12.18|Omri Milman
The decision comes following an April supreme court ruling affirming that options given to employees are wage-equivalent and should be calculated under labor costs
הוועידה הכלכלית הלאומית 2018 ערן יעקב בשיחה עם עמרי מילמן

Income Taxing of Options Applies to a Small Share of Israeli Tech Employees

19.12.18|Omri Milman
Out of 500 employee option plans reviewed across around 90 private companies, only three employees had plans that could, perhaps, fall under the purview of the new memo
כסף מחשבון

Israel to Fully Tax IPO or Exit-Dependent Employee Options, in Some Cases

18.12.18|Omri Milman
The Israeli tax authority now considers such options income, meaning employees could pay an income tax of up to 50% on options exercised instead of a capital gains tax of 25%
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OECD Secretary-General Warns: Israel Headed Towards Tax-Evasion Blacklist

27.11.18|Adrian Filut
The Secretary-General sent a letter to Netanyahu, urging the government to ratify the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) treaty
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Israel Climbs Five Spots in World Bank’s Annual Ease of Doing Business Index

01.11.18|Tofi Stoler
Israel is now ranked 49 out of 190 countries, following a seven-year downward trend