Arnona is a property tax which all residents of local authorities are required to pay. Here you can find an explanation on property tax.
The relevant forms for property tax for 2022:
- ויתור סודיות לביטוח לאומי (social security confidentiality waiver)
- תצהיר לסטודנטים (student declaration)
- טופס בקשה להנחה בארנונה (property tax discount application)
- דף מידע לסטודנטים (general information flyer)
Several notes:
1. M.A. students are tested for a discount based on income and not for a student discount.
2. Partners who live together, some of whom are undergraduate students and some of whom are graduate students, will be looked at as a student discount, and each will produce certificates according to the degree he/she is studying.
3. M.A. students will produce pay slips or an unemployment confirmations, confirmation of discount entitlement, and periods of work. B.A. students will produce pay slips or an affidavit or social security certificates + study permit and academic schedule. The discount will be given, as the usual student discount, of 50% for a school year.
4. M.A. students are tested for a discount based on income, so they must change their address to Be’er Sheva or fill out a statement why they are not changing and provide a certificate from their city of residence.
5. Should it be clear – an exam will be performed only once, at the student’s request, an income test, it must be verified with him whether the request includes all residents and not a separate request of each student separately.
6. Affidavit – a student who submits an affidavit of income must indicate their amount of scholarship or financial assistance they receive from family members. There is no need to detail “Perach” and “IMPACT” scholarships.
7. Certifications – A student can bring an affidavit from an attorney to the Social Security Administration (Bituach Leumi) or pay stubs in order to be tested for the discount, those who are not employed can alternatively produce social security certifications, unemployment status, confirmation of discount entitlement and employment period report.
8. A student who works and is in unemployment benefits – cannot come up with non-working status, so we will be content with reporting employers and confirming entitlement to benefits. (received unemployment).
9. It is possible to examine on months 10,11,12/2022 (depending on the application submission – until 31.12 or from 1.1) or 3 months past the date of the application submission. Each student will submit the documents that will testify to the highest paying eligibility.
6. A student who wants to be tested based on the last 3 months and does not have pay stubs or an affidavit must produce social security certificates for the year in which the discount is required. For example: if you applied on 12/2020 you will produce social security certificates for 2020, if you applied on 3/30/2021 you will produce social certificates for 2021.
7. A house owned by a student – can get a student discount also for other owners of the property with him. If his address is in the population registry in another city, he must produce a certificate of not receiving a discount at his place of residence even if he is a B.A. student. If separate contracts are presented for each student and the validity of the end of the lease is different, please update the validity of the first lease among the students and the first discount among the students, with the percentage of the discount.
8. Married students, when both are unemployed, and have no children, they may apply for a student discount. If one of them are employed, they will take an income test.
If students wish to submit a discount according to an income test, for this purpose, references will be submitted according to a discount of an income test, if in cases where it is found that the reported income is very low in relation to the expenses, the applicant for the discount will have to provide additional references to prove the data presented, which also includes bank statements. The discount is only given for the current financial year, for the year of 2022. Income proof must be presented by 10/11/12/2021 and the discount will be given from the beginning of the contract until 31.12.22. For the year 2023 – the students will be required to submit another application for a student discount and present income of 10/11/12/2022. Financial assistance from family members will be considered at the income test when it is a fixed and continuous income for 12 months exceeding 75% of the salary is found or reported.
