Pay import taxes

Who is the service for

• Importer.
• Agents.

How to pay import taxes

Payment via the Payments Website:

You must enter "Import Taxes – Secure Payment" on the Israel Tax Authority website and fill in the "Payer Number" and "Confirmation Number" in the online form (as stated in the payment voucher you received) and pay securely via one of the methods detailed below.

1. Credit payment options

• For one item, you can pay up to 50,000 NIS with regular credit or adjusted interest credit payments.
• For more than one item, you can pay up to 15,000 NIS per item for unlimited items with regular credit or adjusted interest credit payments.
• In any other case, you can only pay with adjusted interest credit payments.

2. Payment by bank transfer

• Bank Leumi, Discount Bank, Bank Hapoalim, Union Bank, Otzar HaHayal Bank, Mercantile Bank, Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, Biobank, International Bank, Massad Bank and PAGI Bank.
• All banks require a subscription to the bank's internet services, including authorization to make third-party transfers.
• It is recommended to coordinate with the bank branch - payments of particularly large amounts.
• Payments paid to the state are generally not subject to VAT charge. Therefore, the state is not required to issue a tax invoice for them (there is no VAT component).
• Recognition of these expenses can be required, as applicable and in accordance with the Income Tax Ordinance.

Payment via Zahav (זה"ב) Transfer

1. A customer interested in making payments via Zahav transfer, prior to making the transfer, is required to establish a bank account specifying an IBAN number (for an existing account, only an IBAN update is required) by adding/updating an IBAN account. This procedure can be performed for several different accounts.

2. The customer will then transfer the Zahav from his bank account to the Tax Authority account held in the Bank of Israel account:

Account details and bank approval for account management - in Hebrew

Account details and bank approval for account management - in English

3. It is possible to pay payment orders using the Zahav (Real-Time Bank Transfer) system by logging in with national identification:

• You may pay all types of customs charges, including: fees, import duties, forfeitures, and administrative fines.
• Within the payment screen, you can choose to pay all payment orders at once, or only a portion of them.