Holocaust Survivors' Tax Benefits: Israel's Compassionate Outreach

Israel's Tax Authority ensures Holocaust survivors receive benefits

ANI January 27, 2025 260 views

Israel's Tax Authority is doing incredible work to support Holocaust survivors by helping them claim tax benefits they might have missed. Through a targeted pilot program, they processed applications for 22 survivors, resulting in significant financial refunds. The collaboration with the Holocaust Survivors' Rights Authority demonstrates a compassionate approach to supporting those who suffered during the Nazi era. This initiative is especially meaningful as it coincides with International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

"Working in a targeted manner among Holocaust survivors to locate those who have not exercised their entitlement to tax benefits" - Israel Tax Authority

Tel Aviv, January 27: In preparation for International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, Israel's Tax Authority is publishing data about a recent pilot, in which the Authority collaborated with the Holocaust Survivors' Rights Authority, in actively reaching out to Holocaust survivors who do not exercise their entitlement to tax benefits due to a qualifying medical disability under the Nazi Persecution Disabled Persons Law or the Nazi War Disabled Persons Law, and assisting those survivors in submitting a tax refund application for previous years.

Key Points

Israel proactively assists Holocaust survivors in claiming tax refunds

Pilot program processed 22 survivors' applications successfully

Total refunds reached approximately 960,000 Shekels

Collaboration between Tax Authority and Survivors' Rights Authority

As part of the pilot, tax refund applications from 22 survivors were processed, who received tax refunds totaling approximately 960,000 Shekels (USD 266,000) as a result of the process.

Representatives of the Holocaust Survivors' Rights Authority assisted the survivors who were located in filling out the forms and transferring them "via the green route" to employees of the Kfar Saba Tax Assessor's Office at the Tax Authority, who processed the applications.

Since 2020, Israel's Tax Authority has been working in what it called a targeted manner among Holocaust survivors, in order to locate survivors who have not exercised their entitlement to tax benefits. (ANI/TPS)

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