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November 13, 2025
Frozen Russian Assets Face Confiscation: Implications for Russian Passport Holders
The EU is advancing plans to redirect frozen Russian assets, valued at over €140 billion, to finance Ukraine’s reconstruction. This move could expose private asset holders, including Israelis with Russian citizenship, to potential financial risks.
October 22, 2025
Ynet Feature: Liat Keisary on Key Tax Incentives for Foreign Residents in Israel
A recent Yedioth Ahronoth article examined an emerging trend that began in early 2025: the rise in property purchases by foreign residents in Israel, along with surprising demand areas. Adv. Liat Keisary, head of the firm's Private Clients Department, who regularly advises high-net-worth families and individuals relocating to Israel, shared insights on this year’s notable market trends and the key tax incentives foreign residents should be aware of.
December 19, 2024
New Supreme Court Ruling Regarding Changes To a Mutual Will After The Spouse’s Demise
A new Supreme Court ruling overturns lower courts’ rulings and regulates the application of the “successive heirs” provision of the Succession Law, in instances when a surviving spouse who inherited property by virtue of a mutual will changes his/her will after the spouse’s death.
December 5, 2024
Unregulated Trust Mechanisms
We tend to think of a “trust” as a regulated contractual mechanism that people create through an agreement, a letter of authorization to a trustee etc. But is it possible to become part of a trust arrangement without it being formally regulated? The (perhaps surprising) answer is unequivocally “yes.”
May 28, 2024
What Are the Tax Aspects of Prenuptial Agreements in Israel?
Signing a prenuptial agreement has a critical impact not only on the division of property upon divorce, but also on the taxes a couple pays during marriage. It is important for couples to understand the economic advantages inherent in signing a prenuptial agreement and draw one up accordingly.
December 13, 2023
How to Gain a Tax Credit before the Year’s End
Hanna Daher, a partner in our firm’s Tax Department, was interviewed by Globes, along with a number of other tax experts, about end-of-the-year tax tips . Hanna noted the tax credits that individuals or business owners can obtain if they donated over NIS 200 this year to a public institution.
September 27, 2023
Married and Common-Law Couples – Division of Property
Unlike the laws applying to married couples in Israel, the “presumption of property sharing” arrangement prescribed in case law for common-law couples does not allow for an unequal division of property. An Israeli Supreme Court ruling clarified this recently and emphasized how important it is for common-law couples to draw up cohabitation agreements.
August 11, 2022
Everything Foreign Residents Need to Know about Buying an Apartment in Israel
Buying an apartment in Israel can be an excellent transaction for foreign residents, even without lower purchase tax brackets, as long as they know the right way to proceed.
November 17, 2021
Everything to Know about the Purchase Tax Hike on Israeli Real Estate Investors
Earlier this month, the Israeli Ministry of Finance approved the outline for a hike to the purchase tax imposed on real estate investors, once again, to tax brackets of 8% and 10%. The Ministry of Finance has since updated that the purchase tax hike will take effect on Sunday, November 28. The ministry’s goal with this move is to “dissuade” investors from purchasing investment apartments and lower the demands in the residential housing market.
May 6, 2021
Prenuptial Agreements - New Israeli Supreme Court Ruling
Up until now, the Israel Tax Authority interpreted the Real Estate Taxation Law so that spouses who signed a prenuptial agreement and maintained separate property were considered a single family unit for the purposes of real estate tax.
August 2, 2020
It Is Time to Come Back Home: Investors Can Now Enjoy a Reduced Purchase Tax
Israeli Minister of Finance Israel Katz’s plan to reduce purchase tax for investors has gone into effect. Until now, under plans advanced by the previous Minister of Finance, Moshe Kahlon, for lowering housing prices and pushing investors out of the real estate market, the purchase tax for investors went up from 5% to 8% for an apartment that was not the purchaser's sole apartment.
May 17, 2020
How to Arrange the Inheritances of Agricultural Farms
If you are the owner of agricultural land, you may find yourself wondering about the future of the family farm after your passing. You should know this is subject to laws, agreements, protocols, and regulations unique to the agricultural sector in general and to land in particular.
March 25, 2020
Israel Tax Authority Reliefs in Light of Coronavirus Pandemic
In light of the coronavirus pandemic affecting the economic market, the Israel Tax Authority has published several reliefs for taxpayers.
November 27, 2019
The End of Sanction-Free Voluntary Disclosure
The sanction-free voluntary disclosure procedure will come to a close at the end of 2019. Provided the Israel Tax Authority and the State Attorney’s Office decide not to extend this procedure, this may be the last opportunity to declare and report true income, and accordingly pay true taxes, without the disclosure being subject to criminal sanctions.
October 2, 2019
World Tax 2020 Edition
We are proud to be ranked by International Tax Review for the 2020 edition of World Tax in the general corporate tax and private clients categories.
October 2, 2019
Essential Legal Tools for the Period between Life and Death
Guardianship and an enduring power of attorney are two legal tools that allow for the appointment of an individual to take care of another person’s affairs when that person is no longer capable of taking care of him or herself and of managing his or her affairs independently.
July 31, 2019
Dramatic Decision on the Taxation of Trusts in Israel
The Tel Aviv District Court handed down a decision a few days ago rejecting the Israel Tax Authority’s (ITA) position on the conveyance of real estate properties to trusts. This decision dramatically changes the taxation of trusts in Israel.
July 28, 2019
Precedential Ruling on Taxation of Real Estate Conveyance to Trusts
Adv. Harel Perlmutter was interviewed by TheMarker following a precedential ruling by the Tel Aviv District Court, which determined that the conveyance of Israeli real estate to a trust is not a tax event. Harel noted that the ruling opens up many interesting ways to plan and manage intergenerational transfers of wealth and real estate, without tax being a negative factor and affecting the process.
January 24, 2019
About Life and a Little Bit about Death
Inheritance disputes can potentially destroy the fabric of family relations. Naturally, the larger the estate left by the deceased, the more complicated and acrimonious the battle over inheritance.
October 14, 2018
Officers’ Liability in “Spam” Lawsuits
It is not common knowledge that officers of companies who customarily disseminate advertising messages in a manner that constitutes a violation of the Israeli Anti-Spam Law are personally exposed to lawsuits, even to class actions at millions of shekels.