West Bank and Gaza

Paying Taxes in

West Bank and Gaza

Listed below is a detailed summary of the taxes and mandatory contributions that a medium-size company must pay or withhold in a given year, as well as measures of administrative burden in paying taxes.

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in December 2010.

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Tax or mandatory contribution Payments (number) Notes on Payments Time (hours) Statutory tax rate Tax base Total tax rate (% profit) Notes on TTR
Corporate income tax 13 10 15.0% taxable profits 15.4
Capital gains tax 1 15.0% gain 0.8
Irrecoverable VAT (on fuel) 0 14.5% fuel consumption 0.3
Municipal business tax 1 17.0% rental value of building 0.3
Employee paid - Personal income tax 0 withheld 96 5%-15% withheld
Value added tax (VAT) 12 48 16% and 14.5% value added not included
Totals: 27 154 16.8
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