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Charges of Higher Tax Evasion Rate Among Chareidim Refuted

By R. Collins

A recent study conducted by Dr. Daniel Gottlieb, a senior advisor to the Bank of Israel Commissioner, clearly determined that chareidim do not evade taxes more than other segments of the population, even though the accusation that they do so repeated often as if it were a well-known fact by various anti-chareidi elements.

The study compared data from the Bnei Brak income tax district with data gathered in the rest of the country, checking for systematic discrepancies between reported income and audits. An examination of last year's data showed no difference between the general population and the chareidi sector.

Dr. Gottlieb, a lecturer at Ben Gurion University, quotes Galit Ben Na'im of the State Income Administration, who says, "There is no basis for the claim of higher rates of tax evasion in the chareidi sector. In the commercial market the rate of tax evasion [in the chareidi sector] is even lower than the national rate."

 

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