An Israeli company has three recurring obligations: an annual tax return accompanied by audited financial statements, an annual report to the Registrar of Companies, and periodic filings through the year for VAT, withholding and payroll where applicable. All apply from the first year, including a year with no activity.
Filed with the tax authorities and accompanied by financial statements audited by a certified public accountant. Audit is not optional for a company the way it is for a sole trader — it is a statutory requirement, and it shapes how bookkeeping must be maintained throughout the year.
A separate obligation, easily overlooked because it sits outside the tax system. It carries its own annual fee and its own consequences for non-compliance, and companies sometimes discover years of accumulated arrears only when they need a certificate of good standing for a transaction.
Through the year: VAT where registered, withholding tax reporting, and payroll filings if the company employs anyone. These follow their own cycles and are where most day-to-day compliance work actually sits.
A company with no activity still files. Assuming that nothing happened means nothing is due is one of the more common and more avoidable problems we see, because the cost of resolving several dormant years exceeds the cost of filing them properly at the time.
Yes. Filing obligations do not depend on activity, and dormant years left unfiled accumulate.
Voluntary liquidation is possible and is sometimes the right answer for a genuinely inactive company. It is a process with its own requirements.
A certified public accountant licensed in Israel. It is a statutory requirement rather than a matter of preference.