Israel public holidays 2026, VAT rate and tax data
Israel: VAT rate 18% since 1 Jan 2025; 9 public holidays in 2026; corporate tax rate 23%; minimum wage 6443.85 ILS/month; policy interest rate 3.25%; inflation rate (CPI) 1.5%.
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{ "country": "IL", "series": "vat", "value": 18, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2025-01-01", "last_confirmed": "2026-07-24", "source": { "name": "Israel Tax Authority, 'היסטורית שיעורי מס ערך מוסף' (VAT rate history…", "url": "https://www.gov.il/he/pages/vat-history" } }
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Israel public holidays 2026
9 days in 2026. Official source: Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement Systems Department · last verified 24 Jul 2026
Confirmed 9
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 2026 Thu | Passover / Pesach — first day (פסח, חג ראשון) | Confirmed | Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement… |
| 8 Apr 2026 Wed | Passover / Pesach — seventh day (שביעי של פסח) | Confirmed | Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement… |
| 22 Apr 2026 Wed | Independence Day (יום העצמאות) | Confirmed | Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement… |
| 22 May 2026 Fri | Shavuot (חג השבועות) | Confirmed | Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement… |
| 12 Sep 2026 Sat | Rosh Hashanah — first day (ראש השנה) | Confirmed | Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement… |
| 13 Sep 2026 Sun | Rosh Hashanah — second day (ראש השנה, יום שני) | Confirmed | Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement… |
| 21 Sep 2026 Mon | Yom Kippur (יום הכיפורים) | Confirmed | Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement… |
| 26 Sep 2026 Sat | Sukkot — first day (סוכות, חג ראשון) | Confirmed | Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement… |
| 3 Oct 2026 Sat | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah (שמיני עצרת / שמחת תורה) | Confirmed | Bank of Israel, Payment and Settlement… |
Status is read from the record: fixed by law follows from a standing rule (a fixed date or the Easter computus); confirmed is dated in the cited official calendar and not flagged provisional; estimated is provisional or moon-sighting dependent; substitute stands in for a statutory day that fell on a weekend or was moved. Hover a status for the reason.
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Rate schedules and breakdowns
Withholding tax rates
15–30% across 7 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from 2018-01-01 · Official source: Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], per-section: s. 125B dividends - '(1)… · last verified 10 Aug 2026 secondary
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | effective from | confidence note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends | Dividends - general rate | 25 | dividends paid to a foreign-resident individual or foreign-resident body of persons that is NOT a substantial shareholder of the payer | 2012-01-01 | Statutory text verified verbatim, but via Wikisource/Nevo full-text mirrors of the Ordinance and regulations, not an official gov.il consolidation; cross-checked with PwC Israel tax summaries (25%/30% confirmed). | Income Tax Ordinance s. 125B: '(1)… |
| Note the contrast with resident companies: dividends between Israeli companies are generally excluded from corporate income (s. 126(b)), but a FOREIGN company enjoys no such exclusion - s. 125B(5) taxes it at 25%/30% like an individual. The 25% rate has applied since 1 January… | ||||||
| dividends-substantial-shareholder | Dividends - substantial shareholder (baal menaya mahuti) | 30 | dividends paid to a foreign-resident individual or body of persons that, at the payment date or at any time in the preceding 12 months, was a 'substantial shareholder' as defined in s. 88 - broadly, holder of 10% or more of any means of control, alone or with a related party | 2012-01-01 | Statutory text verified verbatim, but via Wikisource/Nevo mirrors rather than an official gov.il consolidation; cross-checked with PwC (30% to a 10%-or-more shareholder confirmed). | Income Tax Ordinance s. 125B(2) and… |
| interest-individuals | Interest - foreign-resident individuals (CPI-linked or foreign-currency asset) | 25 | interest and discount fees paid to a foreign-resident individual, where the underlying asset is index-linked or foreign-currency linked/denominated | 2012-01-01 | Statutory text verified verbatim via Wikisource/Nevo mirrors rather than gov.il; PwC's summary lists the same 25% (and marginal-rate carve-outs) for non-resident individuals. | Income Tax Ordinance s. 125C(b): 'יחיד… |
| Higher marginal rates (s. 121) apply instead where the interest is business income, is claimed as an expense, or the individual is a substantial shareholder of, or employee/supplier of, the payer (s. 125C(d)). Domestic exemptions can zero this for foreign residents in defined… | ||||||
| interest-unlinked-asset | Interest - foreign-resident individuals, asset not linked to the CPI | 15 | interest paid to a foreign-resident individual on an asset that is not index-linked (or only partly linked), e.g. unlinked shekel deposits and bonds | — | Statutory text verified verbatim via Wikisource/Nevo mirrors rather than gov.il. | Income Tax Ordinance s. 125C(c)(1)… |
| NO EFFECTIVE DATE IS SERVED for this rate: the 15% unlinked-asset rate predates the 2012 changes and no commencement date is asserted from the sources consulted. | ||||||
| interest-companies | Interest - foreign-resident bodies of persons | 23 | interest paid to a foreign-resident body of persons (company); withheld at the corporate tax rate ('the maximum rate') | 2018-01-01 | Regulation and statute text verified verbatim, but via Nevo/Wikisource mirrors rather than an official gov.il consolidation; PwC confirms 23% for non-resident corporations. | Income Tax Regulations (Deduction from… |
| The 23% corporate rate has applied since 1 January 2018. | ||||||
| royalties-individuals | Royalties and other chargeable payments - foreign-resident individuals | 25 | royalties and any other income chargeable under the Ordinance paid to a foreign-resident individual, not already subject to withholding under ss. 161/164; the s. 170(a) default unless the Assessing Officer directs otherwise | — | Statutory text verified verbatim via Wikisource/Nevo mirrors rather than gov.il. PwC's table shows 30% for royalties to non-resident individuals (reflecting assessed marginal liability); the 25% served here is the s. 170(a) statutory withholding default - the structural difference is stated rather than hidden. | Income Tax Ordinance s. 170(a): 'חייב… |
| NO EFFECTIVE DATE IS SERVED: the 25% figure is written into s. 170(a) itself ('25 agorot per lira') and long predates current amendments. Israel has no separate schedular royalty rate - s. 170 is the operative withholding provision. The withholding is on account, not final: an… | ||||||
| royalties-companies | Royalties and other chargeable payments - foreign-resident bodies of persons | 23 | royalties and any other income chargeable under the Ordinance paid to a foreign-resident body of persons, not already subject to withholding under ss. 161/164; withheld at the corporate tax rate | 2018-01-01 | Statutory text verified verbatim via Wikisource/Nevo mirrors rather than gov.il; cross-checked with PwC (23% confirmed). | Income Tax Ordinance s. 170(a): 'ומס… |
| 23% since 1 January 2018 (corporate-rate change). PwC confirms 23% for royalties to non-resident corporations. | ||||||
Personal income tax brackets
10–47% across 6 bands · in force from 2026-01-01 · Official source: Israel Tax Authority, 'לוח עזר לחישוב מס הכנסה ממשכורת ושכר עבודה לחודש ינואר… · last verified 24 Jul 2026
| min | max | rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 84120 | 10 |
| 84121 | 120720 | 14 |
| 120721 | 228000 | 20 |
| 228001 | 301200 | 31 |
| 301201 | 560280 | 35 |
| 560281 | — | 47 |
Statutory social-insurance contributions
3.23–18.5% across 5 contribution branches · in force from 2026-01-01 · Official source: המוסד לביטוח לאומי (National Insurance Institute of Israel), rate page « שיעורי… · last verified 11 Aug 2026 secondary
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | ceiling monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| national_insurance_reduced_band | דמי ביטוח לאומי — שיעור מופחת / National Insurance contribution, REDUCED rate band (the part of the wage up to the reduced-collection step) | 5.55 | 1.04 | 4.51 | percent | ONLY the part of the monthly wage up to the reduced-collection step (מדרגת גביה מופחתת), which is ILS 7,703 per month from 1 January 2026. The step is 60% of the average wage as defined in the National Insurance Law. Pay above the step is charged at the full rate instead, not at this one — this is a BAND, not an exemption and not a cap on liability. | 7703 |
| THE BAND IS THE WHOLE POINT. Israel does not apply one rate to the wage; it applies this reduced rate to the first ILS 7,703 a month and the full rate to everything above it up to the ceiling. An engine that picks one of the two rates and applies it to the whole salary is wrong… | |||||||
| national_insurance_full_band | דמי ביטוח לאומי — שיעור מלא / National Insurance contribution, FULL rate band (the part of the wage above the reduced step, up to the maximum insurable income) | 14.6 | 7 | 7.6 | percent | ONLY the part of the monthly wage ABOVE the reduced-collection step of ILS 7,703 and up to the maximum income liable to contributions (ההכנסה המרבית החייבת בדמי ביטוח) of ILS 51,910 per month from 1 January 2026. The slice charged at this rate is therefore at most ILS 44,207 a month. Pay above ILS 51,910 attracts nothing. | 51910 |
| Applies to the slice between ILS 7,703 and ILS 51,910 only. Maximum monthly amount in this band: ILS 3,359.73 employer, ILS 3,094.49 employee. THE CEILING IS A HARD STOP, NOT A TAPER: above ILS 51,910 a month no further National Insurance is due from either side, so marginal… | |||||||
| health_insurance_reduced_band | דמי ביטוח בריאות — שיעור מופחת / Health insurance contribution (health tax), REDUCED rate band — employee only | 3.23 | 3.23 | 0 | percent | ONLY the part of the monthly wage up to the reduced-collection step of ILS 7,703 (from 1 January 2026). Same band boundary as National Insurance. | 7703 |
| EMPLOYEE-ONLY — the employer column in the Institute's own table is a dash. Health insurance is a separate levy under a separate statute from National Insurance, but it is collected on the same wage, in the same two bands, on the same Form 102, so it is easy to merge them and… | |||||||
| health_insurance_full_band | דמי ביטוח בריאות — שיעור מלא / Health insurance contribution (health tax), FULL rate band — employee only | 5.17 | 5.17 | 0 | percent | ONLY the part of the monthly wage above ILS 7,703 and up to ILS 51,910 (from 1 January 2026) — a maximum slice of ILS 44,207 a month. Pay above ILS 51,910 attracts nothing. | 51910 |
| Employee-only. Maximum monthly amount in this band: ILS 2,285.50. The rate rose from 5% to 5.17% with effect from 1 February 2025 — note the 1 FEBRUARY date, not 1 January: the health component and the National Insurance component of the 2025 increase took effect a month apart… | |||||||
| mandatory_pension | פנסיה חובה / Mandatory pension insurance under the general extension order (employer pension contribution, employer severance-pay component, and employee contribution) | 18.5 | 6 | 12.5 | percent | The employee's wage and the components on which severance pay is computed, OR the average wage in the economy (השכר הממוצע במשק) — ILS 13,769 a month in 2026 — WHICHEVER IS LOWER. Pay above the average wage carries no mandatory pension obligation, though very many employers contribute above it by contract. | 13769 |
| SERVED AS A BRANCH BECAUSE IT IS COMPULSORY FOR EVERY EMPLOYER, NOT BECAUSE IT IS A NATIONAL-INSURANCE BRANCH. It is imposed by an extension order rather than by a social-insurance statute, the money goes to a private pension fund, provident fund or managers' insurance policy of… | |||||||
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