Joulus Gazit & Co. – Law Office

The Firm’s Fields of Expertise
The Firm represents a wide range of companies, some of which are market leaders, and offers extensive services in the various aspects of taxation, including comprehensive opinions, ongoing accompaniment, planning of transactions, representation before the various authorities, obtaining preliminary authorizations from the professional departments at the Tax Authority and tax arrangements with the assessment offices, handling assessment and appeal procedures, effecting tax planning and representing clients at the various judicial courts.
Income Tax–the Firm specializes in all income tax-related matters, including corporate tax, employee options, mergers and divestitures, partnership taxation, capital markets, taxation of individuals, tax settlement arrangements as part of the voluntary disclosure process, trusteeship taxation, incentive tax laws and the tax aspects of financing transactions.
Insolvency Process Taxation–a unique field of expertise resulting from many years of experience and endeavor on the part of the staff, is insolvency process taxation. In this field, the Firm deals with the entire gambit of relevant entities, including banks, institutions, and various entities involved in the process (liquidators, receivers, bankruptcy trustees, creditor payment arrangement trustees, bond settlement arrangement trustees, etc.). The Firm’s attorneys are involved in most of the largest and most complex insolvency and bond settlement arrangement processes in the market and handle all tax-related aspects.
Real Estate Taxation–the Firm advises on complex transactions, including combination construction and proceeds transactions, real estate purchase groups, gentrification projects, TAMA 38 projects, land association building rights taxation, etc. The Firm’s client list includes real estate developers and private and public construction companies.
Value Added Tax–The Firm specializes in all Value Added Tax (VAT) aspects, provides comprehensive opinions in the field, and represents clients before the VAT authorities.
International Taxation–the Firm provides first-rate consulting services on international taxation issues, including residency, handling returning residents and new immigrants, voluntary disclosures, tax treaties, and international tax planning. In these matters, the Firm operates in conjunction with various entities, including private individuals, companies, and public bodies. The Firm also cooperates with a range of overseas consultants who are experts in their respective fields.

The Firm’s Clients
Some of the largest and agenda-setting economic and public entities in the Israeli market are clients, including banks, leading real estate entities, hi-tech companies-both Israeli and international, catering and hotel companies, infrastructure and energy companies, public entities, Government entities, digital currency trading companies, associations, local authorities, and large commercial enterprises, as well as leading private Israeli and international business individuals.
In addition, the Firm professionally attracts leading professional accountants who approach the Firm for advice, as well as attorneys who are required to argue cases before the Tax Authorities.

Partners
Adv. Ram Joulus, Founding Partner
Adv. Ram Joulus holds a B.A. in Law (LL.B.) and a B.A. in Accounting from Tel Aviv University. Adv. Joulus regularly accompanies and advises some of the leading companies and entities in the Israeli market on the various aspects of tax and consults regarding complex transactions and a range of tax arrangements of significant proportions. Adv. Joulus founded and ran the Liquidation, Receivership, and Bankruptcies Unit of the Income Tax Authority. Within this framework, he formulated and laid down the majority of the administrative procedures in the field and was privy to setting many precedents. After leaving the Tax Authority some 23 years ago, he founded his own law firm and established his reputation building on his quality of work and uncompromising professionalism. In addition, Adv. Joulus lectures on taxes and accounting at Tel Aviv University, the Management College, the Reichman University of Herzliya, and Ruppin College. He partnered in writing the Tax Instruction Manuals published by the Open University and has also drafted many articles published in professional journals and the daily press. Adv. Joulus also serves as Chairman of the Israel Bar’s Taxation Committee (Tel Aviv District).

Adv. Racheli Gazit, Founding Partner
Adv. Racheli Gazit holds a B.A. in Law (LL.B.) (Cum Laude) and a Master’s in Law (LL.M.) from Bar Ilan University. Adv. Gazit has unique expertise and extensive experience in tax assessment work before the Tax Authorities and at various judicial instances. She also manages and accompanies some of the largest case files in insolvency taxation in the Israeli market. Adv. Gazit apprenticed and worked as an attorney at the IDF’s Military Advocate General Office and served as Acting Military Command Prosecutor. In this position, As part of this role, she gained extensive experience in court appearances and litigation proceedings.