Smotrich on the property tax fund: "Bnei Brak should be on the paying side, not the receiving side"

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich this morning (Tuesday) referred to the property tax fund , the establishment of which was approved tonight by the finance committee . In an interview, Laglatz responded to the concern that the establishment of the fund would lead to an increase in property taxes and contribute to the cost of living in the "strong" cities. "Possibilities are being explored to freeze property taxes for the year," he said, "this requires dialogue with the local authorities."

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Smotrich also responded to claims that the property tax fund plan will harm Eilat, which will lose millions of shekels from the move. "I spoke with the mayor of Lankri and we want to fix it," he claimed, "the opposition didn't let us do it, hopefully we can do it in the future."

Smotrich also refuted the claims that the property tax fund will serve the ultra-orthodox sector at the expense of the working public. "As far as I'm concerned, Bnei Brak should be more about the side that pays than the side that receives, there isn't much residential construction there," he claimed. The head of an authority who will Japanese the change in policy and runs to plan and build residences – will benefit."

Meanwhile, the updated consumer price index was published yesterday, showing an unexpected increase of 0.8%. "The data is not good, it is not what we expected," he said, "We thought we would start to see a decrease, that we would reach an index of 3-4%. Inflation is the hardest and most painful tax imposed on the citizens of Israel."