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Law Firms - Taxation Law
D. Potchebutzky Law Offices
D.Potchebutzky Law Offices was estab-
lished in 1954 and has since offered
unique legal services to the business,
public and private sectors in a range of taxation
areas, in ongoing support and finding solutions
for different issues.
The firm’s clients include corporate bodies, local
authorities and entities, companies in the fields
of energy and natural resources, infrastructure
and project finance, the capital market, tour-
ism and leisure, hi-tech and biotech, banking
and financial institutions, communications, real
estate, food industry, manufacturing industry,
retail and wholesale, importers, high-wealth
families and individuals, family companies
and companies in difficulties in various legal
procedures.
Due to excellent service values, a personal ap-
proach and finding precise solutions for each
client, the firm has gained a solid reputation for
its excellence, involvement and commitment to
optimal results in terms of the various taxes.
End-to-End Service Values
The firm’s services are provided to business and
public bodies to find legitimate ways to opti-
mally reduce Israeli tax liability in all relevant
areas for their operations in Israel and abroad.
This is achieved while ensuring professionalism
and understanding of the fine details. The firm
provides routine support to the organization’s
tax personnel, and gives real-time responses to
issues arising during business, thus prevents
tax exposure in the earliest possible stages. The
firm assists in daily, quiet, assured business
management, while adapting precise tax solu-
tions to every client and every situation. The
firm’s clients receive, regarding all aspects of
taxation in their operations, direct and indirect
taxes, examination of the mutual influence be-
tween them, legitimate tax planning and creat-
ing a stable framework allowing proper conduct,
both internally and with the Tax Authority. In
addition, the rich experience that the firm has
gained in the field of taxation and its various
aspects, allows the firm to gain special expertise
in providing tax advice to families. Skilled fiscal
support is necessary to cope with the changes
typically happening in family businesses and
with the families managing them, such as trans-
ferring between generations (giving gifts, wills
and dividing estates), all while maintaining
proper relations in the family and mediating
over the details.
Services to Businesses Overseas
Overseas clients with business connections
in Israel are assisted by the firm’s services in
supporting and planning their businesses and
representation before the tax authorities. The
firm also closely supports its Israeli clients op-
erating abroad.
Managing Contacts with the Tax Authority
After examining the business operations of cli-
ents, and fully consulting with them, methods of
operation are chosen and in relevant instances
the option of approaching the Tax Authority is
proposed to receive approvals, for direct and
indirect taxes. As part of the firm’s approach to
the Tax Authority, detailed, reasoned requests
are written based on legislation, interpretations,
and rulings, and negotiations are conducted to
receive the best results for clients in order to
obtain the highest level of certainty on the tax
issues examined.
Representing Taxpayers in Administrative
Proceedings
The firm works for clients requiring assistance
while undergoing Tax authority audits. In this
stage, the firm fully cooperates with the clients’
accountants and lawyers, in ongoing consulta-
tion and representation before the Tax Authority.
If no agreement is reached in auditing and as-
sessment obtained, the firm submits a detailed,
reasoned objection and subsequently conducts
professional discussions with the relevant bod-
ies in the Tax Authority. When conducting the
objection, the firm places particular stress on
preparing a legal framework of evidence both
for reaching an agreement with the Tax Authority
and if necessary, looking ahead, for an appeal
to the court, or appeals committee.
Representation in Court Proceedings
The firm represents its clients in all required
legal proceedings in substantial disputes with
the Tax Authority between the need to reach a
compromise outside of court, and the need to
reach a legal decision in the District Court or
Supreme Court.
Partners
Adv. Michal Silberstein (Economics) special-
izes in all areas of indirect taxation and sup-
ports the firm’s clients in various stages of
their activities. Lectures on VAT at the Institute
of CPAs, and Israel Bar academic, professional
and commercial institutes. Serves as a mediator
in various legal sectors. Among the editors of the
bimonthly magazine “Taxes” and has revised
several editions of the book by the late Jacob
Potchebutzky - “VAT Law.”
Adv. David Goldman (Acct. & Econ.) specializes
in all areas of direct and indirect taxation and
supports clients in all stages of activities. Has a
regular column “Comments on Fiscal Rulings” in
the magazine “Accounting”, publishes articles
in the media, and had won a prize for a series of
articles in “Comments on Fiscal Rulings.” Over
20 years has lectured on all tax areas in aca-
demic institutes, the Israel Bar and the Institute
of CPAs. Served as a Prosecutor in the Fiscal
Dept. of the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office
(civil), and subsequently as Chair of the Indirect
Tax Committee at the Israel Bar.
Of Counsel: Adv. Dr. Gideon Klugman special-
izes in all areas of taxation and is licensed as a
lawyer in New York. A member of the Land Tax
Appeals Committee. Senior Lecturer in Taxation
at universities and colleges and authors books
and articles (among them the book “Explana-
tions on the Agreement for Preventing Double
Taxation Israel – U.S.)”.
Esta b l i s h e d
1954
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Law Firm Specializing in
Taxation Law
F o u n d e r s
The late Daniel Potchebutzky
The late Jacob Potchebutzky
17 Kaplan St., Tel Aviv 6107121
We will soon be moving to our new residence
4 BSR Tower, Bnei Brak
Tel: 972-3-6956699
Fax: 972-3-6959696
Michal Silberstein
Partner *
David Goldman
Partner *
Dr. Gideon Klugman
consultant
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582