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Localized for Palestine

Accounting & tax software for Palestine

AI-powered, bilingual accounting tuned to Palestine — the right tax on every invoice, local payroll, and reports in Arabic and English.

Everything included · $1/mo for 3 months, then $12.99 · Arabic & English

  • Currency

    ILS

    Israeli New Shekel

  • Tax

    16%

    VAT

  • Social insurance

    Employee / Employer

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Your AI accountant, in Arabic

Ask in plain Arabic. bookeeper applies Palestine's rules and answers in the language you use.

You ask

كم ضريبة القيمة المضافة على هذه الفاتورة؟

bookeeper replies

يطبّق bookeeper ضريبة فلسطين 16% على البنود الخاضعة، ويعرض الإجماليات بالشيكل أو الدينار أو الدولار.

VAT

How VAT works in Palestine

Palestine charges a 16% VAT, with exports zero-rated and most agricultural produce exempt or zero-rated. The shekel is the base currency, but many businesses also work in dinars and dollars — bookeeper handles all three.

Standard rate

16%

Registration

VAT is administered jointly with income tax by the tax department; input VAT is fully creditable.

Filing

Periodic (commonly monthly) VAT returns are the norm.

E-invoicing

No mandate yet

No national mandate yet

Palestine has no e-invoicing mandate — VAT invoices may be paper or electronic. bookeeper keeps orderly bilingual digital invoices and is ready if a national system is introduced.

How each item is taxed

  • Standard16%

    Most domestic goods & services and imports

  • Zero-rated0%

    Exports of goods and services

  • Exempt

    Fresh fruit & vegetables and much agricultural produce; typically health, education and financial services

Private-sector social security (currently suspended)

Payroll & social security

Salaries face a progressive income tax (5%/10%/15%). Mandatory private-sector social security was frozen in 2019 and is not collected today, so bookeeper leaves it as an optional, disabled module.

Rules that matter

  • Income tax brackets: 5% up to ILS 75,000, 10% to 150,000, 15% above, with a personal exemption.
  • Private-sector social security has been suspended since 2019 — not applied by default.
  • The proposed split was around 7.7% employee / 10.4% employer — kept ready if it is reinstated.

Palestine

Why Palestine businesses choose bookeeper

  • Multi-currency books in shekels, dinars and dollars — matching how Palestinian businesses actually trade.
  • The 16% rate applied per line, with exports zero-rated and agriculture exempt.
  • Progressive income tax handled, with social security ready if it is reinstated.
  • Arabic-first, right-to-left invoices and reports throughout.

Ready when you are

Put your Palestine books in order today

Start for just $1/month for 3 months, then $12.99. Localized tax and payroll for Palestine, in Arabic and English, cancel anytime.

Setup takes a few minutes