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Following the publication in Walla !: Application to the Tax Authority for Netanyahu's stay at the billionaire's house in Jerusalem
Adv. Shachar Ben Meir sent a letter to the director of the authority demanding an examination of the use made by the chairman of the opposition and his family of Simon Palik's villa, and that it be determined that this is a taxable benefit.
"The gift has a considerable monetary value of tens of thousands of shekels," he wrote
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Thursday, 02 December 2021, 15:23
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An application was forwarded to the Tax Authority today (Wednesday) demanding that the opposition chairman Benjamin Netanyahu collect a tax on the use of the home of businessman Simon Falik in Jerusalem, following the publication yesterday in Walla !. Adv. Shachar Ben Meir sent a letter to Tax Authority Director Eran Yaakov In it he demands to check the details and determine that this is a taxable benefit.
Netanyahu and his wife frequently use the home of Palik, an American billionaire and member of one of Netanyahu's largest donor families, hold meetings and use it for family and social needs.
In a letter sent by Ben Meir, he claims that allowing Netanyahu and his family to make frequent use of another's home, both for work purposes and for private and family needs, is a gift and benefit with monetary value, given by the landlord to Netanyahu and his family.
The use of the house, the letter states, is not a personal gift in a small amount, "but it is a gift with a considerable monetary value of significant continued use of a luxury home, meaning the gift is worth tens of thousands of shekels if not more."
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"The house was made available to them": the American billionaire and the villa used by the Netanyahu family in Jerusalem
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"Impact on business elements in Israel."
Benjamin and Sarah Netanyahu (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Simon Falick is the eldest son in a Jewish-American billionaire family, which owns, among other things, the largest duty-free chain in the United States, with branches in other countries around the world. Over the years, the family has been the largest contributor Netanyahu's Likud primaries, the cumulative amount estimated one hundred thousand dollars, and Palic investigation Bibitors previously mentioned Raviv Druker one of the factors that financed the trips of Netanyahu, chairman of the opposition in the first decade of the new millennium.
Appeal to the Tax Authority writes Ben Meir said that "Mr. Netanyahu has served as Prime Minister for a long time, and now he holds the position of head of the opposition. It can certainly be assumed that he had and may have in the future, an influence on business elements in Israel, given his positions and status. And here's the gift giver - Simon Falik, there are probably no business interests in the State of Israel. "
"This fact reinforces the conclusion that the gift (which as stated is not in a minor amount of customary value) is not given" for heaven's sake "(and even then must be taxed in my opinion), but out of considerations and interests of the giver of the gift, and therefore from this point of view should be taxed. Added.
Use for family and social needs.
The house in Jerusalem (Photo: Roni Kanfo)
A member of a family that contributed to Netanyahu's Likud primaries.
Palik (Photo: AP)
According to him, the very receipt of the benefit is contrary to the Knesset members' code of ethics, and "therefore it is also justified to see this as a taxable consideration, since the norm applied to the Knesset member forbids its acceptance."
Ben Meir mentions that Netanyahu is currently on trial in the 1000 case for receiving gifts and prohibited benefits.
According to him, the question of the actual collection of the tax "has public significance, given his public status as opposition leader, Knesset member and former prime minister, and the public is entitled to know that indeed for the benefit of the said benefit, tax is lawfully paid."
He demands an answer to his request within 45 days and if he does not apply to the High Court.
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