Israel News

OECD States Tapped VAT, CIT To Achieve Record Revenues In 2017

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, December 7, 2018

Last year, the tax burden in OECD countries reached its highest level recorded, at 34.2 percent of gross domestic product, up 20 basis points on 2016, largely due to increasing taxes on personal consumption and companies. Read Full Story

Canada, Israeli Sign FTA

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, June 4, 2018

Canada and Israel have signed a modernized free trade agreement. Read Full Story

OECD Releases More Transfer Pricing Country Guides

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, April 12, 2018

The OECD has published new transfer pricing country profiles for Australia, China, Estonia, France, Georgia, Hungary, India, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and Uruguay, bringing the number of such overviews published by the OECD to 44. Read Full Story

Israel Defers Annual Corporate Tax Return Filing Deadline

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Israel has postponed until June 28 the filing deadline for companies and individuals to file annual reports for 2017 online. Read Full Story

Israeli Tax Authority Issues Virtual Currency Tax Rules

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Thursday, March 1, 2018

The Israeli Tax Authority has clarified the country's tax rules for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, in a circular issued on February 19. Read Full Story

Israel Confirms Virtual Currency Is 'Property'

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

The Israeli tax authority has decided that virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, should be treated as a form of "property," rather than as foreign currency. Read Full Story

US Agrees To Exchange CbC Reports With Spain

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, December 28, 2017

In a recent update, the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it has agreed a bilateral competent authority agreement with authorities in Spain to exchange country-by-country reports. Read Full Story

US Trade Commission Recommends Tariffs On Korean Washers

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The US International Trade Commission has unanimously recommended tariffs of up to 50 percent on large washers imported from Korea. Read Full Story

OECD Inviting Input On BEPS Action 14 Peer Reviews

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The OECD is seeking taxpayers' input on the mutual agreement procedure frameworks in place in the fourth batch of countries that will now be peer reviewed under the base erosion and profit shifting project: Australia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, and Portugal. Read Full Story