Israel Tax Codes

Tax codes determine how much tax is due for each transaction line item. For NetSuite to calculate correct values on transaction records and tax reports, you must ensure that the tax codes for Israel are set up correctly.

For more information about tax codes, see Tax Code Properties and Creating Tax Codes.

Tax Code Table for Israel

The following table shows the tax properties required to correctly generate the Israel Tax Reports. The tax code names, or letters presented in the table, are suggested names or default system preferences. You can rename the tax codes. Tax reports identify transactions by looking at the tax code properties, not the tax code names.

To define VAT Codes:

  1. Go to Setup > Accounting > Tax Codes.

  2. Click New Tax Code.

  3. Select the country.

  4. Fill in the required fields. Ensure that the following information is added:

    Tax Code

    Rate

    Type

    Available on

    ILS -VAT on Sales

    17%

    ILAR

    Sales Transactions

    ILSE מע"מ עסקאות פטורות Zero percentage Sales VAT

    0%

    ILAR

    Sales Transactions

    ILY – מע"מ עסקאות יצוא Sales Tax for Export

    0%

    ILAR

    Sales Transactions

    ILM – מע"מ עסקאות חשבונית עצמית Self Invoice Sales Tax

    17%

    ILAR

    Sales Transactions

    ILT – מע"מ תשומות רגילות VAT on Purchase

    17%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    ILTA – מע"מ תשומות ציוד VAT on Assets

    17%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    ILC – מע"מ תשומות חשבונית עצמית Self Invoice Purchase Tax

    17%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    ILK – מע"מ תשומות קופה קטנה VAT on Purchase for Petty Cash

    17%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    ILR – מע"מ תשומות יבוא רגילות VAT on Purchase for Import

    0%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    ILRA – מע"מ תשומות יבוא ציוד VAT on Purchase for asset import

    0%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    IL - מע"מ תשומות לא לדיווח VAT on Purchase not for reporting

    0%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    IL - מע"מ תשומות מעבר VAT on Purchase clearing

    17%

    ILAPN

    Purchase Transactions

    ILT - מע"מ תשומות אחרות 1/4VAT on Purchase others 1/4

    3.7694013304%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    ILT - מע"מ תשומות אחרות 2/3 VAT on Purchase others 2/3

    10.7255520505%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    ILK - מע"מ תשומות קופה קטנה 1/4VAT on Purchase for Petty Cash 1/4

    3.7694013304%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    ILK - מע"מ תשומות קופה קטנה 2/3VAT on Purchase for Petty Cash

    10.7255520505%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

    ILH – מע"מ תשומות אחרות על פי חוק VAT on Purchase others by Law

    17%

    ILAP

    Purchase Transactions

  5. Click Save

To update Set Up Taxes:

  1. Go to Setup > Accounting > Set Up Taxes.

  2. Click the Israel subtab.

  3. Check the Enable Tax Lookup on Sales and Purchases box.

  4. Verify that the Default Tax Code list displays UNDEF-IL.

  5. On the Tax subtab, verify that the Preferred Tax Agency is populated for Israel.

  6. Click Save.

To update accounting preferences for Withholding Tax functionality:

  1. Go to Setup > Accounting > Accounting Preferences.

  2. Click the Items/Transactions subtab.

  3. From the Purchase Discount Account list, select 9090 Withholding Tax – Clearing Account IL.

    Note:

    The account must be a P&L account, not a balance sheet account. The balance sheet accounts will not be shown.

  4. Click Save.

To update accounting preferences for Bills functionality:

  1. Go to Setup > Accounting > Accounting Preferences.

  2. From the Allow transaction date outside of posting period list in the General Ledger section, select Allow.

  3. Click Save.

To view imported exchange rates, go to Lists > Accounting > IL Currency Exchange Rates. To verify that the correct rates are retrieved, see https://illocalizationservice.azurewebsites.net/api/BOIExchangeRates.

To check the script for importing exchange rate from the Bank of Israel:

  1. Go to Customization > Scripting > Script Deployments.

  2. On the Script Deployments page, in the Script column look for IL Sched Update Exchange Rates and click the corresponding Edit link.

  3. On the Schedule subtab, verify that the script is deployed, the status is scheduled and the schedule is set to daily, repeating every other day.

    Note:

    If currency exchange rates not provided by the Bank of Israel are required, ensure that the Bank of Israel script is scheduled to occur shortly after the other exchange rate provider. This will ensure that the Bank of Israel exchange rates are used.

  4. On the Parameters subtab, check the Update ILS only box.

  5. Click Save.

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