Tax Authority agents visited hundreds of booths and storehouses involved in the sale of arba minim for Sukkos on Monday, 12 Tishrei 5774. According to a Kippa report, inspectors arrived in many cities, including Kfar Saba, Bnei Brak, Netanyahu and Herzliya.
It would appear that tax officials want their share of the multimillion NIS shuk, in which many work off the books, failing to report earnings and pay income and value added taxes.
The agents visited areas selling and asked vendors if they issue official tax receipts for purchases. When they responded they do not, inspectors issued fines. Some of the vendors given fines report it was the first time in their twenty years of selling that they were visited by inspectors. It would appear the good days are history as tax officials have awakened to the fact the arba minim market is a lucrative one that demands attention.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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What gives the government the right to tax doing a mitsvos? As the American courts have stated, the power to tax is the power to destroy? Would they want a fee on making a bracha? A tax based on how many mezzuzahs are in your house? How about a special license to wear a sheitel or a streimel? Maybe a fee for any siddur that doesn’t bentsch the medinah? A tax on tuition for schools that don’t teach zionist civics?
The article glorifies the tax authorities for harassing the frum Yidden. This should be seen as yet more evidence that zionism is the enemy of Yiddishkeit, and those Jews who naively supported the zionists were horribly mistaken.
Is there a place in Israel called Netanyahu?
Maybe they should give some more tax money to those who pay it out first!!!! as apposed to cuts!!!
Its about time that all sectors of the economy pay their fair share of taxes. If they sell a product, than pay the tax….even bnai torah selling arba minim should understand that. If you want to exempt certain products from the tax, than have your friendly MK introduce legislation in the Knesset to achieve that outcome.
Any body – LAPID? Maybe behind this????