Iris Weinberger
Partner
Iris Weinberger is a partner in Herzog Fox & Neeman’s Tax Department. She joined Herzog Fox & Neeman to head the VAT Practice and the Indirect Taxes, Customs & International Trade Practice.
Iris is an expert in VAT and customs with over 21 years of experience in the field, most recently serving as the Senior Deputy General Counsel at the Israeli Tax Authority.
In this role, Iris managed the Authority’s legal counsel on all matters concerning VAT, customs, purchase tax and excise duty, import and export customs procedures, collection and enforcement, seizures and forfeitures and more. Iris led reforms in VAT and import/export procedures, legislation and oversaw all legal counsel.
Iris took part in determining the interpretation provisions, taxation decisions and positions of the Israel Tax Authority as presented in court, and provided legal advice to the management of the Tax Authority and various other departments, including the VAT and Customs Departments.
Israel Tax Authority, 1996-2016, Senior Deputy Attorney General
- Israel Bar Association, 1995
- Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, LLM (cum laude), 1998
- Bar-Ilan University, Israel, LL.B, 1994
- Reform of Standardization – “Do Not Stop at the Port”
- New Amendment to the Import and Export Ordinance
- Continued Updates and Reliefs in Light of the Security Situation – Taxes & Customs and the Legality of imports
- Updates and Reliefs In Light of the Security Situation – Taxes & Customs and the Legality of imports
- The world’s largest flight simulator company is arriving to Israel
- The Tax Authority Will Assign Numbers to Invoices in Transactions Between Dealers as Part of Its Fight Against Fictitious Invoices
- Foreign Residents’ B2C VAT Liability with respect to Importation of Digital Services to Israel – Removed from the 2023-2024 Budget Legislation
- Indirect Inputs Related to a “Meal” do not constitute Employee Benefits and are Deductible
- Updates for 2023 on VAT in connection with Activity in Commercial Real Estate: a New Reportable Position and New Case Law
- The Introduction of a New Customs Export System and the Extension of the Validity of Temporary Orders regarding Customs Duties Reductions
- Non-profit organizations will need to obtain approval from the Israel Tax Authority (VAT) to participate in government tenders as non-profit organizations
- Reduction In Amounts Permitted to be Paid in Cash as of August 1, 2022
- New VAT Ruling of the Districts Court – Recognizing that Credit Notices may be Issued for “Bad Debt”
- Broad Reforms concerning Fuel Taxation and Recognizing Fuel Expenditures
- New proposed legislation – Israel vat law for foreign digital services
- ITA published a new mandatory reportable tax position for import taxes: value of software imported with goods
- Zero-rate VAT with respect to the provisions of services
- Court Recognizes Conditional Discounts for the Purpose of Customs and Purchase Tax Valuation
- Client Update | Tax | Customs News
- Herzog Fox & Neeman Represents FedEx in Acquisition of Flying Cargo’s International Express
- Client Update | Importer’s Obligation to Complete an Electronic Affidavit for Each Supplier: Significance and Implications
- Class Action on Indirect Taxes – State Exposed and Cornered | Opinion by Iris Weinberger
- Highly Regarded in Indirect Tax and Women in Tax (ITR World Tax, 2024).
- Highly Regarded in Indirect Tax and Women in Tax (ITR World Tax, 2023).
- Highly Regarded in Indirect Tax and Women in Tax (ITR World Tax, 2022).
- Highly Regarded in Indirect Tax and Women in Tax (ITR World Tax, 2021).
- Highly Regarded in Indirect Tax and Women in Tax (ITR World Tax, 2020).
