Following the cancellation of the HDP law - the state will lose 330 million shekels - Walla! News

In the video: Finance Minister Lieberman criticizes the one-time tax (still photo: Reuven Castro, editing: Nir Chen)

The state is expected to lose 330 million shekels following the repeal of the HDP law - this is what the Ministry of Finance announced this evening (Monday). In order to finance the loss of state revenues, the rate of tax allocation to the fund for the payment of compensation for war and drought damages will be reduced.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered about a week ago to cancel The tax on disposable utensils and on sweet drinks was promoted by Avigdor Lieberman in the outgoing government. The decision promoted by Lieberman, together with outgoing Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg, provoked sharp criticism among the ultra-Orthodox public and its representatives in the Knesset.

This is a neutral tax that applies to all strata of the population, on Import and local production based on the weight of the products. The purpose of the program was to reduce the use of single-use plastic utensils, with the aim of reducing the negative phenomenon - and unique in its scope in Israel - of using single-use plastic utensils and aligning with the practice in other advanced countries in the world that take similar steps.

Disposable utensils (Photo: Reuven Castro)

At the same time, in Israel there is no doubt that the new purchase tax mainly hurt the ultra-Orthodox, a population that uses disposable utensils much more, both for kosher reasons and the suitability of these for both dairy and meat foods, but mainly due to the size of the families in the ultra-Orthodox sector.

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