Lapid wants to exempt first-time homebuyers from 18% VAT...except Haredim

Finance Minister Yair Lapid wants to lower the cost of housing for first-time buyers by exempting them from 18% VAT on new home purchases. Except for Haredim. Lapid says that Haredim 'don't need a discount.'

According to the proposal by Finance Minister Yair Lapid, value-added
tax (VAT) would be eliminated for first-time apartment buyers.
According to Lapid's plan, families who get the