Paying purchase tax in Israel: the 60-day deadline after signing
Israel Tax Authority
The short answer
Applies to olim buying a home, or still deciding. Once you sign a purchase contract the mas rechisha clock is separate and much shorter than the 7-year eligibility window: payment is due to the Israel Tax Authority within 60 days. Deadline: 60 days after the day you sign the purchase contract.
Checked on 2026-07-21 against the sources below. Confirm with Israel Tax Authority before you rely on it.
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Deadline
Deadline: 60 days after the day you sign the purchase contract. Miss it and you carry legal risk.
Counted from your own date, never from today. Your plan turns it into a calendar date.
Steps
- 1
Finish what this depends on
Complete first: Use your purchase tax (mas rechisha) benefit before it lapses.
- 2
Mark the deadline
Deadline: 60 days after the day you sign the purchase contract.
Miss it and you carry legal risk.
- 3
Apply
Handled by Israel Tax Authority. Expect to go in person: it cannot be done fully online.
- 4
Avoid a known trap
Hold the cash for the purchase tax before you sign the contract, not after. The exact late-payment penalty was not confirmed in the research behind this app, so treat the 60-day date as firm rather than testing it.
Why: This is a separate clock from the 7-year mas rechisha eligibility window, and people conflate the two: being eligible for the oleh rate does not mean you have unlimited time to pay it.
What it depends on, and what it unlocks
This unlocks
No other step waits on this one.
Sources
- What is purchase tax (mas rechisha) · Buyitinisrael · secondary · fetched , page undated
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