My name is Moshe Egel-Tal and I'm a payroll comptroller and analyst. Born in Chicago, Illinois I made Aliya at age 16 with my family.
served 3 years in the IDF in an elite Infantry unit and saw combat action in 2 wars: Peace for the Galilee (1st Lebanon war) and Chomat Magen in Jenin.
In my spare time I am a Baseball Umpire in the Israel Association of Baseball, recently certified to umpire in Europe.
I reside in Jerusalem with my wife and 3 children.
IDF Reserve duty soldiers now receive more for their time based on an update in the law, regarding the formula used to calculate the pay. effective May 2008
After you retire, you apply for social security, only to be told that according to their files you are missing 21 different months of credit from various years and therefore need to pay the minimum for those months with interest. How do you prove you actually worked as an paid employee ?
You deplore the fact that your "partner" gets half of your pay check each month, despite you doing all the work, but there isn't really much you can do about it. Or is there ?
Many Anglos I have met over the years have trouble understanding the Israeli Tax laws for non-self employed citizens.
In addition to dealing with understanding Hebrew, they need to deal with understanding what the deductions on their Payslip are and how they were calculated.