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Middle East · CTC clearance (pre-issuance allocation)

Israel's CTC model targets fictitious-invoice fraud rather than prescribing an e-invoice format: businesses request allocation numbers through the ITA's API, all requests are reviewed before approval since 1 Jan 2025, and the number is the buyer's key to deducting input VAT. With the NIS 5,000 step in force, most routine B2B invoices are covered.

Live now

Applies to

B2B

June 1, 2026

Next phase deadline

Allocation numbers: NIS 5,000+ since 1 Jun 2026

Does this apply to me?

Two questions. The fixed-establishment rule is where most foreign businesses get it wrong.

Roughly how big is the business?

Is your business established in Israel – a company, branch, or fixed establishment there?

Not in scope for Israel

With no establishment and no Israeli VAT registration, you do not issue Israeli tax invoices – so the allocation-number system does not concern you. Revisit if you set up locally or register with the ITA.

Registered without establishment – usually outside, confirm

Allocation numbers attach to Israeli tax invoices issued by registered dealers – a non-resident without establishment is generally not issuing them. A local VAT registration (for instance through a representative) that does issue Israeli tax invoices is a different position: the thresholds then apply like anyone else's. Confirm your registration type with the ITA before relying on an exemption.

In scope – the low threshold reaches small businesses

The accelerated schedule (2025 Budget Law; VAT Implementation Order 01/2025) took the threshold from NIS 25,000 in May 2024 to NIS 5,000 since 1 June 2026 – routine B2B invoices now need allocation numbers. Authorised dealers, companies and partnerships all request them; without one, your business customer cannot deduct the input VAT, which in practice makes compliance a condition of getting paid.

In scope – NIS 5,000+ invoices need allocation numbers

Since 1 June 2026 every B2B tax invoice of NIS 5,000 or more (excluding VAT) needs a 9-digit allocation number requested through the ITA's API before issue – and all requests have been reviewed before approval since 1 Jan 2025. Build the API call into your billing flow: a missing number costs your customer the input VAT deduction, and the ITA can refuse allocation where it suspects fictitious invoicing (with a hearing and appeal route).

Phases & who's affected when

A single date hides the rollout. Here's the full sequence.

5 May 2024

Invoices of NIS 25,000+

The allocation-number requirement went live for B2B tax invoices of NIS 25,000 or more (excluding VAT).

Done

1 January 2025

Invoices of NIS 20,000+

Threshold lowered to NIS 20,000; from this date every allocation request is reviewed by the ITA before approval.

Done

1 January 2026

Invoices of NIS 10,000+

Accelerated schedule under the 2025 Budget Law and VAT Implementation Order 01/2025 – the planned NIS 15,000 step was skipped entirely.

Done

1 June 2026

Invoices of NIS 5,000+

The final step, reached nearly two years ahead of the original 2028 plan – most routine B2B invoices now need an allocation number.

Done

The technical facts

The standards, scope and dates that define the mandate – at a glance.

Transaction scope

B2B

Model

CTC clearance (pre-issuance allocation)

Formats

9-digit ITA allocation number (via API)

Region

Middle East

STATUS

Live now

Scope

B2B tax invoices above the threshold need a 9-digit allocation number from the Israel Tax Authority before issue. The threshold stepped down from NIS 25,000 (May 2024) and NIS 20,000 (2025) to NIS 10,000 on 1 Jan 2026 and NIS 5,000 on 1 Jun 2026 – an accelerated schedule under the 2025 Budget Law and VAT Implementation Order 01/2025, completed nearly two years ahead of the original 2028 plan.

Penalties & grace period

No fixed fines in the sources read – enforcement runs through the VAT chain: an invoice that requires an allocation number and lacks one does not entitle the customer to an input VAT deduction, and the ITA can refuse allocation (with a hearing and appeal route) where it suspects unlawful invoicing.

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