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Israel Faces Growing Fiscal Strain as Over One-Third of Municipalities Receive Income Tax Benefits Israel is expanding income tax benefits to over one-third of its municipalities, causing fiscal strain and regional disparities. Recent reforms increased property tax discounts and added 100,000 households to the benefits list, costing billions in lost revenue. Critics warn this subsidy approach undermines fairness and burdens taxpayers outside benefiting areas.
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Illustration by baba What happened 01 Over one-third of Israeli municipalities now receive income tax benefits, raising fiscal concerns. 02 2026 reforms added 100,000 households to property tax discounts, increasing costs by 1.1 billion shekels. 03 Total municipal tax exemptions approach 6 billion shekels, nearly one-third of theoretical tax liabilities. 04 Since 2025, 66 new municipalities gained tax benefits, reversing earlier reductions by Netanyahu in 2003. 05 Bank of Israel study estimates 1.86 billion shekels lost from 2016-2019 due to expanded tax benefits. 06 Regional disparities in tax discounts fuel resentment among residents paying higher taxes. Translated and summarized by baba from Globes , the latest report. Read Globes’s original The coverage
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