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Arnona discount for new immigrants: how to apply and the deadline

Your local municipality

The short answer

Applies to every new oleh. A 90% discount for 12 months, which you must use within your first 24 months. It is opt-in and never automatic. Deadline: 2 years after your aliyah date. Each municipality also sets its own yearly application date, so confirm yours locally.

Checked on 2026-07-21 against the sources below. Confirm with your local municipality before you rely on it.

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Deadline

Deadline: 2 years after your aliyah date. Miss it and the money is lost.

Each municipality also sets its own yearly application date, so confirm yours locally.

Counted from your own date, never from today. Your plan turns it into a calendar date.

Steps

  1. 1

    Finish what this depends on

    Complete first: Get your Teudat Zehut (biometric ID card).

  2. 2

    Mark the deadline

    Deadline: 2 years after your aliyah date.

    Miss it and the money is lost.

  3. 3

    Apply

    Handled by your local municipality. It can be done online.

  4. 4

    Know the key figure

    Covers the first 100 sqm only: 100 sqm.

    Floor area above 100 sqm is billed at the full rate.

  5. 5

    Avoid a known trap

    Confirm your own municipality deadline directly, and apply the moment your name appears on the arnona bill.

    Why: Each municipality sets its own deadline. Tel Aviv has been reported as end of March and Jerusalem as end of October, with many others at 31 March. There is no central calendar.

  6. 6

    Avoid a known trap

    Put the bill in your name when you sign the lease, not months afterwards.

    Why: The oleh name must appear on the bill itself, and a later missed payment cancels the discount at year end.

Costs and figures

Covers the first 100 sqm only

100 sqm

Floor area above 100 sqm is billed at the full rate.

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What it costs

Every fee, on your own dates

What it depends on, and what it unlocks

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Sources

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