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25th Knesset · outgoing

Real Estate Taxation (Capital Gains and Purchase) Law (Amendment – Purchase Value) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק מיסוי מקרקעין (שבח ורכישה) (תיקון - שווי רכישה)

TL;DRThe bill changes the definition of 'residential apartment' for purchase tax so that it includes a real estate right for which the buyer committed to sign a construction agreement.

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What does the bill do?

The bill adds a paragraph to the Real Estate Taxation (Betterment and Purchase) Law stating that a real estate right designated for a residential apartment will be considered a residential apartment for purchase tax purposes, if the buyer committed, upon signing the agreement, to sign an agreement for construction services. In addition, the bill states that the value of the right sold will be the value of the real estate right plus the value of the construction services the buyer committed to.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: March 12, 2025
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed16 for · 1 against · 3 abstained · 100 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 62 seats

LikudFor 4 · Absent 28
ShasFor 2 · Absent 9
United Torah JudaismFor 2 · Absent 5
Religious ZionismFor 1 · Absent 5
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 14 seats

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 4 · Absent 20
Ra'amAbstained 1 · Absent 4
Hadash–Ta'alAgainst 1 · Abstained 2 · Absent 2
LaborAbsent 4

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.