Category: international tax

Tax relief package for new immigrants and returning residents168 amendments to the Income Tax Order Published September 16, 2008 General Background
The Knesset Committee for Immigration Absorption has approved the Amendment to the Income Tax Order (Amendment 168) that includes an extensive, unprecedented reform that offers tax bonuses and relief to … Read More..

For the first time, the Government of England has undertaken not to levy tax on pensions to new immigrants to Israel from England.

Background:
As part of the Ministry of Finance’s policy to sign new tax treaties with central governments of countries that are members of the OECD, a new treaty was … Read More..

The Diamond industry is one of Israel’s leading export industries, with the Israeli Diamond Burse the largest and most prominent diamond trade center in the world.
Israel imports approx. 5 Billion Dollars’ worth of raw [unpolished] diamonds annually, comprising approx. 40% of the sum total worth of unpolished diamonds produced in … Read More..

Everyone is familiar already with the opportunity that is waiting for us “just around the corner”.
Have I missed the train? Is it still possible to make profitable deals abroad? Then how do you actually begin? If you hear of something that could interest me, tell me, okay? And the most … Read More..

Israel is a low-profile jurisdiction with a wide network of double-tax treaties and attractive tax treatment of certain offshore income.
You can use Israeli trust structures as the owner of your international business, for asset protection purposes and as an active business instrument for tax savings.

Below we have provided a summary … Read More..

According to Section 46 of the Income Tax Ordinance:
“A person who donated during a certain tax year the sum exceeding 340 new Shekel to a National Fund, or a Public Institute as per

its meaning in Section 9(2) determined for this purpose by the Minister of Finance with the approval of … Read More..

Many plaintiffs, individuals or personal representatives of a family member, are interested in obtaining a financial opinion to estimate the economic loss caused to them as the result of them being severely harmed or injured from various reasons, and to assess the amount of compensation they are entitled in their … Read More..

International TaxationCitizens, companies, and groups of companies perpetually seek out cheaper and more efficient
means of tax reduction and in some cases even tax avoidance through safe-havens.
Globalization and the information age, in particular, have not been able to provide balance to
this strategic approach.
Dov Weinstein & Co. is directly … Read More..

If you would like to employ foreign workers, or if you want to work in Israel as a foreign worker, there are several options with different requirements for both foreign workers and employers which have to be applied. If this is not done, the foreign worker is working illegally in … Read More..