finance minister Kahlon: small businesses should be helped

Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon, Economy Minister Eli Cohen and Finance Ministry Director Shai Babad met with Roi Cohen, president of the Association of Independent Organizations, Effi Naveh, head of the Israel Bar Association, Yizhar Kana, president of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Yaron Gindi, The Committee for Assistance to the Self-Employed and Small Businesses.
At the start of the meeting, Minister Kahlon stated that small businesses are important to the Israeli economy and there is no doubt that they should be helped. Therefore, he chose to establish the committee, in order to examine all the aspects and steps that can be helped and ease the burden of tax, regulation and bureaucracy. Minister Kahlon also clarified that the budgetary sources for implementation of the Committee's conclusions will be found and will be implemented by 2019.
Minister of Finance Eli Cohen said that this was the first time that such a committee had been set up to include all the relevant bodies: the Bank of Israel, the National Insurance Institute, the Ministry of the Interior and the Tax Authority. Minister Cohen also asked all heads of the bureaux, as well as Lahav's president, to take part and to be involved in the meetings of the committee.
"I welcome Minister of Finance Kahlon's statement that he will budget the committee's decisions as early as 2019. 500 thousand self-employed and small businesses expect the government to show them responsibility and find ways to ease the regulatory burden as well as give them an opportunity "Cohen added that" the announcement by Minister of Economy Eli Cohen that we will become partners in the committee's meetings represents a real and sincere commitment for me to find solutions for the self-employed and small businesses. "
 "I support and support any move that will benefit the self-employed and the small businesses," said Effi Naveh, head of the Israel Bar Association, adding that more than half of the lawyers are self-employed and an integral part of small businesses. The Minister of Finance and the Minister of Economy for the initiative and readiness to help the population neglected in previous convictions. "
 Izhar Kanne, President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants: "During the meeting, we presented a series of steps required for the net plan for the self-employed and small businesses, such as accelerated depreciation and recognition of business establishment expenses, taxation issues and the contribution of recent legislation. "
Yaron Gindi, President of Tax Advisors: "Investing in the self-employed and small and medium-sized businesses will increase growth and productivity in the economy and will strengthen the survival of this sector. It is also an important message of the government to the younger generation to embark on independence, to initiate change and to compete in the global economy.