The Knesset Finance Committee on Sunday okayed a bill to grant tax credits for corporate research and development (R&D) expenses, in a bid to keep multinational tech firms in Israel. The “Research and Development Law,” which can now be held to a full plenum vote, comes as over two years of war and uncertainty about […]

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Knesset advances bill to grant R&D tax credit in bid to keep tech firms in Israel
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