Israeli Business War Compensation
Trusted87/100Calculator and filing guide for the Israeli Tax Authority's indirect-damage business compensation under both the Shaagat HaAri (March-April 2026) and Iron Swords (October 2023 onward) frameworks. Covers businesses, NPOs (≥25% activity income), and daycare operators (private/supervised maon, mishpachton). Computes eligibility by turnover decline (≥25% over the March-April 2026 period for monthly and bi-monthly filers alike), wage participation grant (75% × decline × Form-102 wages × 1.25 employer-cost, capped per employee at 13,773 × 1.25 × employees), small business continuity grant for turnover up to 300,000 NIS via the Treasury table (1,864-14,940 NIS per damage period), 100% northern-border tracks (Mahzorim, Red, Agriculture), and a partial pre-claim advance (nationwide and border portals). Surfaces the bifurcated 5/10-day חל"ת rule, the live per-track filing windows (nationwide to 17.08.2026, north to 24.09.2026), routes across all mutually exclusive tracks, builds the document checklist, and surfaces the tax bill on the grant itself. Use when a business owner, NPO administrator, or daycare operator asks about war compensation, indirect damage, employee חל"ת, or how to file with the Tax Authority. Do NOT use for direct property damage (israeli-war-damage-claims), the employee-side dmei avtala filing (israeli-unemployment-benefits-navigator), or personal reservist compensation (israeli-miluim-manager).
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When war disrupts an Israeli business, lost revenue, idled employees on חל"ת, and fixed costs that keep ticking can mean thousands of shekels in compensation per month, but the rules are split across two parallel frameworks (Iron Swords 2023 and Shaagat HaAri 2026), four mutually exclusive tracks, and a maze of thresholds that depend on VAT filing cadence, business location, turnover size, and employee headcount. Filing under the wrong track or missing the 25% threshold by a single percentage point forfeits the claim for that period.
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npx skills-il add skills-il/government-services@v1.4.0-israeli-business-war-compensation --skill israeli-business-war-compensation -a claude-codeWhen to Apply
- When a business owner asks how much compensation they qualify for due to revenue decline from war (Shaagat HaAri or Iron Swords)
- When employees were placed on חל"ת for 10 consecutive days or more (5 days if the leave began 28.2/1.3.2026) and the wage participation grant needs to be calculated
- When a northern business evacuated since October 2023 needs to know which baseline applies and which track to file under
- When a business owner needs the document checklist for filing the indirect-damage claim on gov.il
- When a denial or partial approval was received and the השגה / ערר timelines need to be explained
Try These Prompts
My business turnover was 280,000 NIS in March 2025 and dropped to 168,000 NIS in March 2026. I have 5 employees, paid 70,000 NIS in wages in March 2026, and 28,000 NIS in monthly fixed expenses. How much grant am I entitled to under Shaagat HaAri?
I have a restaurant in Shtula that has been evacuated since October 2023. Revenue dropped to near zero. Which track should I file under and what is the process?
I placed 3 employees on חל"ת for 12 consecutive days during Shaagat HaAri. What are my rights as employer and what are the employees' rights? What is the minimum number of days for them to receive dmei avtala?
I have a business with 250,000 NIS annual turnover. Can I claim both the small business continuity grant and the wage participation grant?
I operate a private daycare with 30 children that was closed in March 2026. If I refund part of the tuition to some parents, am I eligible for compensation, and under which track?
I manage a nonprofit whose income is mostly from donations. Our activity income dropped 60% due to the war. Are we eligible for the compensation framework?
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Major update: corrected the compensation-claim deadlines (per-track windows, not the 30.06 tax-report/loan date), the 25% bi-monthly gate (removed the wrong 12.5%), the wage-grant cap with the 1.25 employer-cost coefficient, the nationwide-vs-border advance portals, and added the cash-basis and agriculture tracks.
Jul 6, 2026
Post-Knesset-passage update: small-business continuity grant table updated to authoritative Kol-Zchut values (1,864-14,940 NIS), the dedicated Shaagat HaAri eligible-expenses portal, Knesset passage citation (4.5.2026, ספר החוקים 3525), bifurcated 5/10-day chal"t fix, and corrected §38ל citation (replacing §15) for the indirect-damage appeals committee.
May 18, 2026
Updated per Treasury Ministry brief 30.03.2026: corrected חל"ת threshold to 10 consecutive days (not 14), added small-business continuity grant table (1,833-14,691 NIS by turnover band and decline tier), added NPO eligibility (≥25% activity income) and three-path daycare flow, and added northern-border 100% tracks (mahzorim, adom).
Apr 28, 2026
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