Hanna specializes in advising and counselling clients on various tax issues. His expertise extends to corporate tax, transaction tax, international taxation, indirect taxes, and individual taxation.
Adv. Hanna Daher represents clients in tax assessment discussions with the tax authorities. In addition, he prepares and drafts tax opinions, pre-ruling applications, and withholding tax applications.
Hanna also guides clients through each step of complicated transactions. This includes performing tax due diligence services, obtaining rulings and certificates from the tax authorities, and assisting the client in the post-transaction phase and with structuring services.
Before joining Barnea, Hanna worked as a manager in the tax department at EY.
ITR World Tax, a tax-dedicated legal directory, ranked Hanna as a “Rising Star” in its 2024 guide.
Education:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (LL.B and Accounting), 2011
Admission:
Member of Accountants Council since 2016
Member of Israel Bar Association since 2013
April 1, 2024
Draft Bill: Increasing Transparency in Israeli Tax Law
The purpose of the draft bill is to increase transparency in the Israeli tax system in order to avoid a negative assessment of the State of Israel by the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information, as well as to increase efforts to combat unreported capital.
March 24, 2024
Supreme Court: Service to Foreign Residents May Be Subject to Full VAT
The Supreme Court noted that, by its nature, the essence of a brokerage transaction is joining two parties into one transaction. Therefore, treating the transaction as providing a service to each party separately—a foreign resident and an Israeli resident—does not reflect the true economic essence of the service.
February 15, 2024
Imputed Value on Usage of Company Car as Income during Swords of Iron War
As a rule, employers in Israel that provide company cars for their employees’ use must attribute income to those employees in accordance with the imputed value of the use of the car prescribed in the Income Tax Regulations. Moreover, even if the car was in the employee’s possession for only part of the month, employers must attribute income to the employees for the full imputed value of the use of the car. However, the Israel Tax Authority has issued new special instructions because of the Swords of Iron War.