Tax coordination in IsraelWho needs it, how to file · and what happens without it
Working more than one job? Getting a salary and a pension too? Without tax coordination, the additional employer must withhold income tax at the maximum rate · from the first shekel. The complete guide: who needs it, how to coordinate at the Tax Authority, and how NETO consolidates everything under one licensed employer.
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Tax coordination in Israel is a combined calculation across all your income, needed when you have more than one source of income. This guide explains who needs it, how to file, and what happens without it. It walks through three real situations and how to coordinate at the Tax Authority. NETO can simplify this by making you a single employer instead of many.
Quick summary
Tax coordination is a combined calculation of all your income from every source, after which the Israel Tax Authority sets how much tax each payer should withhold. Anyone with more than one source of income who does not coordinate · the additional employer must withhold tax at the maximum rate. You coordinate online through the Tax Authority system or on Form 116, and the certificate is valid for one tax year · you renew it every January. Working through NETO? All your clients are consolidated onto one payslip from a single licensed employer · which makes coordination far simpler.
Tax coordination · a combined calculation of all your income
Income tax in Israel is progressive: the tax brackets are calculated on your total income, from all sources together. But each employer only knows the salary it pays itself. When there is only one workplace there is no problem · the employer withholds tax according to the regular brackets. When there is more than one source, the additional employer does not know which bracket you are in, so the legal default is to withhold tax at the maximum rate. Tax coordination is the solution: the Tax Authority calculates all your income together and sets in advance how much tax each payer should withhold · so that in total you pay exactly the tax due, no more.
The online system guides you step by step, is available from phone and desktop, lets you coordinate several payers at once, shows the reliefs and credit points you can claim (for example for children) · and in most cases, when no documents need to be attached, the certificate is issued immediately.
A worked example
An employee earns 10,000 shekels at a first job and starts a second job to supplement income, earning 4,000 shekels there. With tax coordination · the combined calculation is made on the regular brackets for total income of 14,000 shekels (10,000 + 4,000), and the second job is withheld accordingly. Without tax coordination · that 4,000 is withheld at the maximum rate, from the first shekel. The difference can be reclaimed later, but only after the fact.
Who needs tax coordination · situations table
The rule is simple: more than one source of employment income · you probably need it. Here are the common situations.
| Your situation | Need coordination? | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Two jobs (or more) as a salaried worker | Yes | Coordinate online at the Tax Authority · give the certificate to each employer. At the additional job, mark on Form 101 that you have other income. |
| Salary + a pension or annuity | Yes | A taxable pension counts as an income source for every purpose · enter the pension payer in the coordination too. |
| Salaried and also self-employed | Usually yes | Business income is reported separately, but it affects your overall bracket · it is recommended to coordinate and consult a professional. |
| A one-off job or extra project | Yes, if there is another payer | Even temporary income from an additional payer is withheld at the maximum rate without coordination · or you work on the project through NETO and receive it all on one payslip. |
| A single workplace only | Usually not | The sole employer withholds according to the regular brackets · you fill in Form 101 and mark that you have no other income. |
| All clients through NETO only | Usually not | Even with many clients · the employer is one (Bareket I.T Ltd) and everything is consolidated onto one payslip, like working at a single workplace. |
What happens without tax coordination
An employer at an additional workplace that has not received a tax coordination certificate from you is required, under the income tax regulations, to withhold tax at the maximum rate · 47% at present · and that is from the first shekel of the salary. This is not a fine and not an employer error: if the employer does not withhold this way, it will be required to make up the difference to the authorities out of its own pocket.
The good news: tax paid in excess is not lost. You can carry out a retroactive tax coordination within the same tax year and receive the excess back on the following payslips, or submit a tax refund request after year-end. But in the meantime the money sits with the state instead of with you · so it is better simply to coordinate in advance, at the start of the year or the moment you begin an additional source of income.
A low-income second job
When the additional job pays a modest amount, tax coordination usually sets a very low · or even zero · withholding on it, because your combined income still falls in a low bracket. Without coordination, that same job is withheld at the maximum rate from the first shekel · so coordination is especially worthwhile precisely for smaller, secondary jobs.
Three real situations · when you need coordination and what to do
Three common scenarios that show what it looks like in practice. General guidance only · not tax advice.
Daniel · salaried, took a freelance project
Daniel works full-time at a tech company, and in the evenings took a consulting project for a client through NETO. For income tax he now has two employers: the company where he is salaried, and Bareket I.T Ltd · NETO's licensed employer.
Without tax coordination, the salary from the project is withheld at the maximum rate from the first shekel.
Maya · student with two part-time jobs
Maya combines her studies with shifts at a cafe and a part-time customer-service role. Two employers · even if each job is small. At the additional employer, without a coordination certificate, tax is withheld at the maximum rate.
On low income, coordination usually results in a very low or zero withholding · which makes it especially worthwhile.
David · salary alongside an early pension
David took early retirement and receives a taxable pension, and at the same time returned to work part-time as a salaried employee. The pension payer counts as an income source for every purpose · so he has two payers.
Without coordination, one of the payers withholds at the maximum rate · even though his real bracket is lower.
How to coordinate at the Tax Authority
The online process takes a few minutes, and in most cases the certificate is issued immediately.
- Log in to the online tax coordination service of the Israel Tax Authority and identify yourself. Those who prefer a manual route can fill in Form 116 (an application for relief and coordination in calculating tax withholding) and submit it to the assessing office.
- Enter all your income sources: the name of each employer or payer, its deductions file number and expected income. Employees working through NETO enter Bareket I.T Ltd.
- The system displays the relevant reliefs and credit points (for example for children) and lets you claim them in the same application.
- Receive a tax coordination certificate · in most cases immediately, when no documents need to be attached. The certificate specifies how much tax each payer should withhold.
- Give the certificate to each of your employers (or upload it to their payroll system) · and from that payslip the withholding is updated.
When to renew? Every January
A tax coordination certificate is valid for one tax year only · from 1 January to 31 December. At the start of each year you need to produce a new certificate, even if the employers and income have not changed. Anyone who starts an additional income source mid-year coordinates immediately, without waiting for January.
Tax coordination through NETO · one employer instead of many
People who work with several clients without a registered business run into exactly this problem: every client that pays them is another "employer" for tax purposes, and another line in the coordination. Working through NETO gives a completely different structure · you are a salaried employee of a single licensed employer, Bareket I.T Ltd, which holds manpower contractor license 1565 with guarantees deposited at the Ministry of Labor. All the clients you work with through the system are consolidated onto one payslip, and NETO reports the salary and withholds the tax lawfully.
To be honest: working through NETO does not exempt you from tax coordination · no service does. But it simplifies it greatly: instead of coordinating against three or four different payers, you have one consolidated income source. If NETO is your only workplace · in most cases you will not need coordination at all. If you also have another job · you coordinate against just two sources, and upload the certificate to the NETO portal together with Form 101.
- Just 5% commission on the client invoice (before VAT, billed to the client · never charged to the worker), with no signup fees.
- Payslip, National Insurance and pension · reporting to the authorities is on us.
- Operating since 2016 under manpower contractor license 1565.
How it works in practice · step by step
- Register for free and fill in Form 101 (the employee card) in the NETO portal.
- If NETO is your only source · mark "I have no other income" and that's it, the system withholds according to the regular brackets.
- If you also have another employer · run tax coordination in the Tax Authority system, enter Bareket I.T Ltd as one of the payers, and upload the certificate to the portal.
- The NETO system sets you on the withholding rate stated in the certificate · applied automatically on every payslip.
- At the start of each year you fill in Form 101 again, and if needed · renew the coordination certificate too.
Tax coordination · income tax and National Insurance in one place
The employer details to enter in your coordination, and the official routes · organized by authority.
Employer details to enter in the coordination
- Employer name: Bareket I.T Ltd
- Company ID: 515486058
- Income Tax deductions file: 925435851
- National Insurance deductions file: 9254385100
Coordination at Income Tax
- Coordinate in the government service: Online tax coordination · Israel Tax Authority
Then, in the NETO portal:
- Log in to the NETO portal
- Personal details tab → Form 101 · tax coordination
- Enter the details from the certificate for the employer "Bareket I.T Ltd"
- Attach the certificate
The system sets you on the withholding rate stated in the certificate · applied automatically on your payslip.
Coordination at National Insurance
Who it suits: anyone whose additional income is below the reduced-rate threshold · to avoid paying double National Insurance on the reduced portion.
- Contribution coordination is done on Form 644, submitted to the secondary employer · Bareket I.T Ltd.
- More on refunds and eligibility: Self-employed vs salaried · National Insurance
Anyone who did not coordinate can check whether a National Insurance refund is due.
Watch: how it works in practice
A short walkthrough of how NETO consolidates payment and payroll under one licensed employer · the structure that makes tax coordination simpler.
Watch · in under 2 minutes, see how NETO consolidates payment and payroll under one licensed employer, so tax coordination is simpler.
And what about National Insurance?
Income tax coordination does not settle National Insurance and health contributions · those are withheld separately, also on a graduated basis: a reduced rate on the first portion of income and a full rate above it, up to the ceiling. Someone who works for more than one employer may pay the reduced rate twice or fall outside the correct calculation, which is why contribution coordination exists (Form 644 of the National Insurance Institute). Anyone who did not coordinate may be due a refund.
The criteria and how to claim are covered in a separate guide: self-employed vs salaried · National Insurance, and see also how the primary and secondary employer is determined.
Tax coordination · questions and answers
What is tax coordination?
Who needs to do tax coordination?
What happens if you do not do tax coordination?
How do you coordinate at the Tax Authority?
When do you renew tax coordination?
Does working through NETO exempt you from coordination?
How do you coordinate when working through NETO?
Do you also need National Insurance coordination?
One tidy payslip instead of a coordination headache?
NETO consolidates all your clients onto one payslip from a single licensed employer · manpower contractor license 1565, just 5% commission on the client invoice, no signup fees and no monthly fees. Reporting to the authorities is on us, and your tax coordination becomes far simpler.
Summary
Tax coordination is how anyone with more than one source of income pays exactly the tax due · not the maximum rate. You coordinate online at the Tax Authority (or on Form 116), give a certificate to each employer, and renew every January. And anyone working with several clients without a registered business can consolidate everything onto one payslip through NETO and simplify the whole picture.
- The rule · more than one source of employment income = you probably need coordination.
- Without it · withholding at the maximum rate (47% at present) from the first shekel of the additional job.
- How · the Tax Authority online system or Form 116 · a certificate, usually immediately.
- When · at the start of every tax year, and whenever an income source is added.
- NETO · one licensed employer (license 1565), one payslip, 5% commission on the client invoice · simpler coordination.
- National Insurance · separate contribution coordination on Form 644 · worth checking for a refund too.
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