Value Added Tax Law (Amendment – Zero-Rate Tax on Textbooks) Bill
Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק מס ערך מוסף (תיקון - מס בשיעור אפס על ספרי לימוד)
TL;DRA proposal to impose value-added tax at a zero rate on textbooks to ease parents' expenses.
Translated from Hebrew
What does the bill do?
The bill sets that the sale of textbooks approved under law will be subject to value-added tax at a rate of 0%, instead of the regular tax rate. The intention of the bill is to ease the costs of buying textbooks for students and their parents, especially for low-income families. The bill also covers workbooks approved under law. Similar bills were tabled in previous Knessets.
Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 17, 2024
Initiated by: oppositionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗
The votes on this bill
Rejected13 for · 35 against · 2 abstained · 70 did not vote
Coalition 64 seats
LikudAgainst 20 · Absent 12
ShasAgainst 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismAgainst 4 · Absent 3
Religious ZionismAgainst 3 · Absent 4
Otzma YehuditAgainst 1 · Absent 5
NoamAbsent 1
Left the coalition 8 seats
Blue and White – National UnityFor 1 · Absent 7
Opposition 48 seats
Yesh AtidFor 4 · Abstained 2 · Absent 18
Yisrael BeytenuAbsent 6
Ra'amFor 2 · Absent 3
Hadash–Ta'alFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2
New Hope – The United RightAbsent 4
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