After being convicted of tax offenses, the judge will decide whether to accept the plea bargain of Bar and Tzipi Refaeli.
Model Bar Refaeli and her mother Tzipi Refaeli will arrive this afternoon (Sunday) at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, where Judge Dana Amir will read the sentences of the two convicted of tax offenses.
The Refaeli family came to court to discuss the plea agreement // Archive photo: Moshe Ben Simhon
According to the plea agreement, if Judge Amir receives it and there is probably no reason not to, Tzipi Refaeli will be sentenced to 16 months in prison, and her daughter Bar, Judge Amir will be sentenced to nine months in prison for service work, the two will also pay 2.5 million each. Shekels fine.
As you may recall, the two were convicted as part of a plea bargain according to which, among other things, in the years 2012-2009, Bar Refaeli divided her life between Israel and the United States and generated significant income from her work abroad in the amount of NIS 24,964,862.
Bar Refaeli had a claim before the tax authorities in Israel that she is a foreign resident living in the United States, who is not required to report and pay tax in Israel.
Tzipi, who was running her daughter's business at the time, feared that Bar Refaeli's various affiliations with Israel would constitute affiliations that the Assessing Officer would consider if Bar Refaeli's center of life was in Israel for tax purposes in Israel.
Therefore, and in order to avoid paying tax in Israel, Tzipi Refaeli acted to hide her daughter's connections to Israel in various ways.
The indictment states that Refaeli acted so that in the lease for an apartment in YOO Towers, which was intended to be used by her daughter Bar Refaeli in 2009, it was stated that the tenant is the brother Dor and Bar's name was not mentioned and Tzipi Refaeli also mentioned in the lease of an apartment in W towers. Who will use Bar Refaeli as her residence while she is in Israel in 2010, it was stated that the tenant of the apartment is Tzipi Refaeli, and the daughter's name was not mentioned.
In 2011, the mother signed contracts for the purchase of rights in real estate in the Blue Project, which are intended for Bar Refaeli's residence in Israel in the future. "
Regarding Bar Refaeli, the State Attorney's Office stated that according to the indictment, during the assessment hearings for the tax years 2012-2009, she provided the assessee with incorrect information that could be relevant in determining the settlement, regarding apartments in YOO and W Towers and apartment rights in the Blue Project.
In sentencing arguments, Tzipi Refaeli told the judge: "I take responsibility for my actions and ask the court to accept our agreement with the prosecution."
Bar Refaeli said: "It is very inappropriate for me to be here. I regret my actions and can say I was 20 and some day I am somewhere else. Can assure my lady that you will not see me again within the walls of the court."
The plaintiff argued that these were sophisticated and systematic planned acts committed over time and the message that should be left out in this case that the Assessing Officer should not be deceived should not be rounded corners should be given all the information and full and accurate information on matters relevant to the Assessment.
He must not be given false information, neither about several affiliations nor about one affiliation.