The call to significantly increase state revenues from taxation is not just a specific response to the economic implications of the corona epidemic, but rather, it is a call to adopt a taxation system that promotes equality, one that would enable Israel to undertake active policies of universal economic and social development, so that the entire population of Israel approaches the standard of living and cultural and scientific level of activity of western European countries<\/p>\n
State Revenues (All Levels of Government) from Taxation as a\u00a0<\/strong>Percentage of GDP \u2013 1995-2018, Israel and Average of OECD Countries<\/p>\n Whereas in the past Israel depended to a large extent on foreign aid from Jewish communities abroad and friendly governments, today we are a country that is able to stand on its own. We no longer need \u201cUncle Sam.\u201d We have developed our own affluent strata, including a wealthy stratum that has the ability to provide the government of Israel with the wherewithal for a wide variety of social policies. The lion\u2019s share of additional taxation recommended in this report is to be paid by the two highest income deciles, and among them by the top one percent and top 0.1 percent. Such an investment, if well addressed to education, training and strategic investment in peripheral areas, will eventually lead to the broadening of the tax base.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The report points out directions for changes in Israel\u2019s taxation policy, so as to not only cope with the present corona crisis but also to stimulate long-range economic and social development policy, for the purpose of upgrading the standard of living of Israelis and, at the same time, increasing social equality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[194,110],"class_list":["post-11070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-budget-and-economy","tag-taxation","tag-state-budget","author-111","author-122","author-105","post-type-research","post-location-homepage-publications","category-10"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/adva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/graph-en-1024x582.png\")
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