One car for me, another one for the state - import taxes in Israel

Import taxes in Israel

Omer Wagner
Omer Wagner
Advocate, Israel
Published 30 Oct 2022
One car for me, another one for the state - import taxes in Israel
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Duties & taxes
An excellent article published in CCRM about one year ago reviewed the main import taxes in Brazil, the EU and Ukraine and the means and basis of calculation. The article demonstrated that, in some cases, the import taxes exceed the value of the goods themselves, meaning that the taxes are more than 100%. I may comment that, in my view, the State of Israel is kind of a pioneer in this field. In several sectors, Israel imposes very high import taxes, especially on passenger cars, where the taxes exceed the value of a car.

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