IL Value added tax

Invoicing in Israel

A business registered in Israel charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨18%⁩, invoices in ⁨ILS⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Israel. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Israel once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

Invoicing in Israel is free forever with DocsOrigin: every document type, every export, no card and no trial.

Створити перший рахунок-фактуру A worked example in Israel

Tax in Israel

VAT 18%

Reduced and zero rates 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded high: this rate has been checked against a tax-authority or official source. It is still your responsibility to confirm it before you rely on it.

Last checked against a source: ⁨2026-08⁩.

Whatever the grade, your own setting always wins — a rate you enter overrides the registry everywhere, including on documents already dated in the past.

Rate history

A credit note against an old invoice must carry the rate that applied then, not the rate that applies now. DocsOrigin picks the rate by document date, which is why the history is kept.

2015-10-01 17%
2025-01-01 18%

Document types recognised in Israel

These are the documents DocsOrigin will offer a business registered in Israel, under the names used there. A type that has no meaning locally is not offered at all.

Кошторис

Розцінена пропозиція. Не податковий документ і не відображається у ваших книгах до прийняття.

Проформа-рахунок

Вимога про сплату. Не дає клієнтові права на вирахування податку.

Рахунок-фактура

Сам податковий документ. Заблокований після видання.

Касовий чек-рахунок

Рахунок-фактура та оплата в одному документі, коли ви отримуєте оплату на місці.

Касовий чек

Підтверджує отримані грошові кошти проти рахунку-фактури.

Кредит-нота

Єдиний законний спосіб скасувати або зменшити документ, який уже видано.

Накладна

Товари передані без плати.

Business forms in Israel

The business form decides more than the tax rate — it decides which documents may lawfully be issued at all.

Licensed dealer Charges tax

Exempt dealer Does not charge tax עוסק פטור אינו גובה מע״מ ואינו מוציא חשבונית מס — רק קבלה.

Кошторис
Проформа-рахунок
Касовий чек
Кредит-нота

Company (Ltd) Charges tax

Nonprofit Does not charge tax

Tax identifier

On a document issued in Israel the identifier is labelled Business ID. It is printed in the header of every tax document, isolated left-to-right so it reads correctly in any interface language.

Expected format ^\d{9}$

DocsOrigin checks this identifier's structure as you type — a wrong number on an issued document cannot be corrected by editing it.

Numbering

Documents in Israel are expected to run in an unbroken sequence. DocsOrigin allocates the number at the moment of issue — never earlier — so a draft that is abandoned does not burn a number and leave a gap you have to explain.

Prefix, padding and yearly reset are configurable per document type, and the series is kept separately for each type.

How Israel writes dates and money

Set the country and these stop being settings you have to think about. The examples below are rendered by the same formatter the documents use.

Date: 21/09/2026
Amount: ₪12,345.67
Currency: ILS
Minor units: 2

⁨ILS⁩ is written with ⁨2⁩ decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.

Special rules in Israel

Allocation number In force since ⁨2024-05-05⁩.

Withholding tax

Clients in Israel may be required to withhold part of the payment and remit it themselves. It is deducted from what is transferred, reported separately, and never taken out of the tax figure.

Original and copy marking

A computer-generated document must be marked so that the original copy is distinguishable from a reprint. DocsOrigin marks it on issue rather than leaving it to whoever presses print.

Sequential numbering

The document sequence is a legal requirement here, not a convention.

Local rule Uniform structure

Worth knowing about Israel

A computer-generated document must carry the word "ORIGINAL" on the original copy.
An issued document may not be deleted — it is cancelled only by a credit note.
A foreign-currency invoice must also show the VAT amount in shekels and the rate used.

A worked example in Israel

Three lines, priced identically everywhere, run through the real tax engine with the Israel registry entry applied. This is what the document looks like there.

Кошторис Проформа-рахунок Рахунок-фактура Касовий чек-рахунок Касовий чек Кредит-нота

Northwind Studio

Business ID 000000000 · Israel

Рахунок-фактура

№ 2026-0042

21/09/2026

Рахунок-фактуру до Riverbank Coffee

Опис	Кількість	Ціна за одиницю	Всього
Дизайн	12	₪45.00	₪540.00
Брендові рекомендації	1	₪380.00	₪380.00
Абонентське супроводження	3	₪60.00	₪180.00

Сума без податку ₪1,100.00

VAT 18% ₪198.00

Всього ₪1,298.00

Invoicing in Israel — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Israel?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Israel is ⁨18%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Israel?

The document set recognised in Israel is listed above, under the names used locally. For a paid sale the usual document is Рахунок-фактура, and a mistake on an issued document is corrected with a credit note rather than an edit.

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Israel?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Israel as everywhere else: no subscription, no card, no trial, no per-document fee and no export fee. Optional professional services are the only thing that is ever charged for, and they are quoted per project.

What if the rate for Israel is wrong or changes?

Set your own rate in the business settings and it overrides the registry immediately, for new documents and for any date. Rates are applied by document date, so an old document keeps the rate that applied when it was issued.

Also billing in ⁨ILS⁩

The currency is shared, but the tax, the document names and the numbering rules are not. Each of these has its own entry.

Issue your first Israel document

Choose Israel once. The tax, the document names, the numbering, the date order and the currency format are configured together, and it costs nothing.

Free forever for businesses Створити перший рахунок-фактуру

This page describes what DocsOrigin does with the registry entry for Israel. It is not tax advice, and it is not a statement of Israel law. Confirm your obligations with your accountant or the tax authority. Registry data as of ⁨2026-08⁩.