Events and Conferences End of 2019

2,000,000 tourists were welcomed to Israel between January – May 2019, as reported by the Ministry of Tourism.
COMING UP-JUNE 2019 ! New Orleans Jazz Festival in Tel Aviv which follows Gay Week !From the world over, some of the best jazz musicians will be here at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in Tel Aviv. Joining Israeli artists they are coming from the UK, States, Cuba, Hungary, Norway and France. For more information please visit the site: http://eng.hotjazz.co.il/new-orleans-jazz-festival-tel-aviv-june-2019/

If you have clients who are interested in specific topics – why not reach out to them and advise them of the various events in their field… let them know what events are coming up … E.G.: Agriculture / Medical / Culture / Hitech / Financial

General: Services eligible for zero VAT Conditions for implementing zero VAT (https://taxes.gov.il/English/Vat/Pages/Guides/Zero-Vat-for-Tourist.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0UBYuoU1cJTrdaBJkPcD04IKAbONAvgR09n13YyWo-nZpRvPRu0dJ2rFs)

This information applies only to people entering Israel on a B/2, B/3, B/4 visa or entering according to a special entry permit, such as: diplomats

General : According to the Israel Value Added Tax Law, a wide range of tourism services provided to tourists (foreign citizen), during their stay in Israel, are subject to zero VAT.
Section 30(a)(8) of the Value Added Tax Law 1975, and regulations 12(a), 12a(c) and 12b of the Value Added Tax Regulations 1976 – stipulate that a zero tax rate will apply to certain tourism services provided to tourists in Israel; in other words, the VAT payment on such transactions, as aforementioned, is zero.

In our next Blog we will include important information about services with payment of
“0” VAT!