Barnea Blog

Few Good Reasons Why You Should Consider Making Aliyah

April 20, 2017 / by Liat Keisary Yahalomi

What do the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands all have in common? In these countries (and many others), estate tax is collected on large inheritances. These taxes are imposed not only on the money of the deceased, but also on their real-estate properties, shares, pension funds, and other assets.

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Categories: Private Clients | Tax

Preparing for the Second Round of Startup Funding

April 6, 2017 / by Michael Barnea

Funding your startup company is an inexact science. The first round of funding helps get your company established, but often leads to a realization that you need more. After the first round, new issues and growing capital requirements emerge and you need to adjust course moving forward. To help you build your company successfully, you should know what the challenges are in each stage you are in, and to be prepared for them.

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Categories: High Tech | Start- Ups

Forces That Drive Innovative Countries – The Israeli Example

March 27, 2017 / by Itay Gura

Innovation occurs at different levels between one country and another. Innovation does not occur by accident. While some nations depend on individuals to drive the creative process, others provide an environment and infrastructure that foster and support technological development. When a country focuses its attention on providing the best opportunities to innovate, that country can rise above the pack.

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Categories: High Tech | Start- Ups

Israeli Leadership and Growth in Smart Mobility

March 16, 2017 / by Barnea

Technological solutions are developing every day, world-wide. In Israel, the transportation sector provides impressive examples of innovation at work. Urban growth naturally reaches a saturation point, at which people either need to move or commute farther each day, creating higher costs and greater safety concerns. Smart mobility consists of the movement to make transportation easier, safer, more environmentally friendly, and more efficient. And Israel has taken a leadership position in developing companies and technologies that help make it possible.

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Categories: High Tech | Infrastructure

TAMA 38 – The Complete Guide

March 15, 2017 / by Barnea

The Israeli government resolved to approve and implement a national outline plan, known as TAMA 38, to reinforce buildings from the risk of earthquakes. To which buildings does the plan apply and what should one know before signing a contractual agreement with the contractor?

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Categories: Real Estate

Carve-out Plans for Company Employees

March 8, 2017 / by Barnea

One of the common remuneration mechanisms in startups and technology companies is the granting of options to employees in addition to or, sometimes, in lieu of, the traditional remuneration component – the cash salary.

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Categories: Employment | Start- Ups

How Blockchain will Revolutionize a Paper World

February 26, 2017 / by Barnea

In many ways, electronic communications dominate the world as we know it. We “talk” through email, text, and social media, to the point that the written letter is almost an anachronism. Still, some areas still thrive on paper. Real estate, for example, depends on paper deeds and documentation to confirm authenticity. Similarly, many corporations depend on paper records to demonstrate regulatory compliance. But blockchain is helping to change all of that. The technology that made Bitcoin work is expanding, in Israel and beyond, to help secure online processes and chains of custody in ways that can help shift paper-dominated fields into the 21st century.

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Categories: Blockchain | High Tech | Internet | Real Estate

Japan-Israel Relations: Advancing Technology

February 16, 2017 / by Simon Jaffa

For many years now, Israel’s emergence and growth on the world’s economic stage has captured the attention of national and private investors all over the globe. It is only in recent years, though, that this has come to include Japan. In the past few years, more and more Japanese corporations have opened R&D and sales centers in Israel, while business delegations are continually streaming into Israel. One of those companies which recently entered Israel is Fujitsu, the largest IT company in Japan and the fifth largest in the world.

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Categories: High Tech | Start- Ups

Taxation Factors for Operations Over the Internet

February 6, 2017 / by Barnea

The explosion of e-commerce in the last 15 years has made it easier than ever to manage the logistics of doing business in multiple countries. The global reach it creates, though, has spawned a litany of tax questions. You need to determine which jurisdictions have the authority to tax you and your business activity and what taxes apply. Your physical location and your end-customer locations can impact what you pay to whom, but other factors might also apply. Managing this process is critical to your continued e-commerce operations.

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Categories: Internet | Tax

Navigating Anti-Spam Legislation

January 25, 2017 / by Barnea

Spam consists of unsolicited text messages, email messages, faxes or auto-dial calls that are sent for commercial purposes. Due to the ease and low cost in which e-mails can be sent, e-mails are the main focus of any discussion concerning spam. In Israel and around the world, preventing unsolicited e-mails has gained attention as creating serious privacy concerns – in connection with the sending of unsolicited e-mails as well as in connection with the manner in which the e-mail addresses are gathered for the purpose of sending the e-mails. In order to tackle these issues, laws against spam were enacted across the world.

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Categories: Internet