The National Bookkeeping Unit of the Tax Authority conducted a focused enforcement operation in the Central region, during which inspections were carried out at 41 businesses in the cities of Ra’anana, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya. Of the 41 businesses inspected, it was found that 18 did not record income.
The operation included surprise spot checks conducted covertly at some of the businesses. It included businesses from a variety of sectors: greengrocers, hardware stores, beauticians, lawyers, convenience stores, and restaurants.
Among other things, an inspection was conducted at a greengrocer in Ramat Gan, where it was discovered that the business owner received a sum of ₪7,900 from two customers and did not record it in the business’s books, but only in a debtors’ ledger.
In another case, an inspection was conducted at a hair salon in Ramat Gan, during which a spot check purchase was made and the owner’s mobile payment app was examined. The inspection found that the business owner did not record the spot check purchase, nor did she record an income of ₪1,000 received via the mobile payment app. When asked about it, the business owner replied that “Regarding the ₪1,000, I wanted to give the work as a gift to the customer, and she insisted on paying and transferred it to me via Bit. Regarding the spot check purchase that was not recorded, I have no idea why it wasn’t recorded.”
The National Bookkeeping Unit will continue to operate anywhere and at any time to enforce the provisions of the law on an ongoing basis and in operations as part of the Tax Authority‘s extensive activity against the black market and tax evaders. This is within the framework of the policy to increase enforcement activities to improve and maintain deterrence, with the aim of achieving true reporting and true tax collection, thereby increasing the equality of the burden among citizens.