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The 10 Best Accountants in Israel (2026)

Updated August 2026 · 10 picks

The best accountants in Israel in 2026 are the Big Four — EY, Deloitte, PwC and KPMG — all headquartered in Tel Aviv, with Fahn Kanne and BDO the strongest mid-tier alternatives. For personal tax, olim benefits and cross-border questions, the specialist boutiques and the English-language practices in Jerusalem and Haifa are the better call. Ten, below.

1. EY Israel (Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer) — Tel Aviv, with Jerusalem and Haifa offices

The largest professional services firm in the country, headquartered in Tel Aviv.

Specialty Audit, tax, transactions and advisory for large and venture-backed companiesLanguages Hebrew · EnglishBest for Listed companies, high-tech, multinationals

Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer has been practising in Israel since 1937 and became EY's Israeli member firm in 1994. It is the largest of the Israeli professional services firms, offering assurance, tax, advisory and transaction services, with its head office in Tel Aviv and further branches around the country.

It is the default choice for companies that need scale — audit of a listed or venture-backed company, transaction support, transfer pricing, or a tax opinion that will be read by an overseas investor. For a freelancer or a small business it is simply the wrong size of firm; that is not a criticism of either party.

Good to know: If you are a startup, ask about the firm's high-tech practice specifically — the audit and tax teams serving that sector work very differently from the general practice.

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2. Deloitte Israel (Brightman Almagor Zohar) — Tel Aviv

Big Four scale with a deep Israeli high-tech and corporate finance bench.

Specialty Audit, tax, consulting and financial advisoryLanguages Hebrew · EnglishBest for Corporates, high-tech, financial institutions

Brightman Almagor Zohar is Deloitte's Israeli member firm, providing audit, tax, consulting, risk and financial advisory from Tel Aviv with a national footprint.

Like the other Big Four Israeli firms, its centre of gravity is corporate: audit for large and listed companies, tax structuring, M&A and advisory work. It is also one of the firms Israeli high-tech companies most often grow into as they scale from seed through to an exit or a listing.

Good to know: For a company preparing to raise abroad, ask early which reporting standard your investors will expect — it changes how the audit is scoped.

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3. PwC Israel (Kesselman & Kesselman) — Tel Aviv

Long-established Big Four member firm, strong on capital markets work.

Specialty Assurance, tax and advisory for corporates and capital marketsLanguages Hebrew · EnglishBest for Listed companies, high-tech, international groups

Kesselman & Kesselman is PwC's Israeli member firm and one of the country's longest-standing accounting practices, covering assurance, tax and advisory from Tel Aviv.

Its natural clients are companies with capital-markets exposure or complex cross-border structures — the kind of file where the point of a Big Four name is that overseas regulators, underwriters and investors already recognise it. It also runs a substantial high-tech practice.

Good to know: Big Four independence rules limit what your auditor may also advise on — plan who does the tax structuring before you appoint an auditor.

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4. KPMG Israel (Somekh Chaikin) — Tel Aviv

The fourth of the Big Four Israeli firms, with a broad corporate and tax practice.

Specialty Audit, tax and advisoryLanguages Hebrew · EnglishBest for Corporates, financial services, real estate groups

Somekh Chaikin is KPMG's member firm in Israel, delivering audit, tax and advisory services from Tel Aviv and other offices around the country.

The offering is comparable to its Big Four peers, and in practice the choice between them tends to come down to the specific partner and sector team rather than the brand. Somekh Chaikin is a common pick for financial services, real estate and infrastructure work alongside the usual high-tech load.

Good to know: Ask to meet the partner and the manager who will actually run your file, not just the pitch team.

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5. Fahn Kanne & Co. (Grant Thornton Israel) — Tel Aviv, with a Haifa office

The strongest of the mid-tier firms — Big Four rigour without Big Four minimums.

Specialty Audit, tax and business advisory for mid-market companiesLanguages Hebrew · EnglishBest for Mid-market companies, growing startups, international subsidiaries

Fahn Kanne & Co. is Grant Thornton's Israeli member firm and one of the largest CPA practices in the country, with a professional staff in the hundreds and a full audit, tax and advisory offering.

It occupies a genuinely useful position: large enough to audit a substantial company and to carry an international network behind it, small enough that a mid-sized business is a meaningful client rather than a rounding error. For companies that have outgrown a small practice but do not need a Big Four logo, this tier is usually the right answer.

Good to know: If your investors have not specifically required a Big Four auditor, price the mid-tier firms too — the gap is often substantial.

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6. BDO Israel (Ziv Haft) — Tel Aviv

Large mid-tier firm with a broad consulting arm alongside the audit practice.

Specialty Audit, tax, valuation and business consultingLanguages Hebrew · EnglishBest for Mid-market and larger private companies

Ziv Haft is BDO's Israeli member firm and one of the country's larger accounting practices, combining audit and tax with a notably wide consulting offering.

That consulting breadth is the differentiator — economic and valuation work, business consulting and sector specialisms sit alongside the statutory work. It suits companies that want one firm across audit and the advisory projects that come with growth, restructuring or a sale.

Good to know: Valuation work for options and share-based pay is a recurring need for Israeli companies — check the firm's capacity before you need it in a hurry.

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7. Shtainmetz Aminoach & Co. (UHY Israel) — Tel Aviv, Haifa and Beit Shemesh

Established Israeli practice with an international network and offices beyond Tel Aviv.

Specialty Accounting, audit and Israeli and international taxLanguages Hebrew · EnglishBest for Foreign-owned Israeli companies, private clients, SMEs

Shtainmetz Aminoach & Co. is an Israeli CPA firm and the UHY member firm in Israel, providing accounting, audit and tax services with offices in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Beit Shemesh.

The English-language practice and the international network make it a practical choice for foreign-owned Israeli subsidiaries and for individuals with obligations in more than one country. The multi-office footprint also means you are not forced into central Tel Aviv for every meeting.

Good to know: Useful if you split your time between cities — ask which office would hold your file.

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8. Nimrod Yaron & Co. — Nationwide

The international tax boutique for residency, relocation and Tax Authority rulings.

Specialty International and Israeli tax, rulings, relocation and residencyLanguages Hebrew · EnglishBest for Relocating individuals, cross-border businesses, complex tax files

Nimrod Yaron & Co. is a tax-focused firm whose team spans CPAs, lawyers and economists, and includes former senior officials from the Israeli Tax Authority.

This is a boutique for the hard questions rather than the monthly filings: residency and relocation, cross-border structuring, tax rulings, and disputes with the authority. If your problem is genuinely a tax problem rather than an accounting one, a specialist firm like this is usually better value than routing it through a general practice.

Good to know: Get residency advice before you move, not after — the Israeli rules turn on facts you can still influence beforehand.

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9. Dray & Dray (Dray & Natco) — Kanfei Nesharim, Jerusalem

English- and French-speaking chartered accountants who know the olim benefits cold.

Specialty Israeli accounting and tax, olim benefit planningLanguages English · French · HebrewBest for Olim, French-speaking arrivals, small and mid-sized businesses

Dray & Natco is a chartered accountancy firm headquartered on Kanfei Nesharim in Jerusalem with a further office in Tel Aviv, employing accountants, bookkeepers, and tax and legal advisers across a team of around 26 people.

Its defining feature is language and specialism together: the firm works in Hebrew, English and French, and it concentrates on the settlement and support of new immigrants, including the tax optimisation around the olim benefits. For a French-speaking oleh in particular, there are very few comparable options.

Good to know: Ask them to map your ten-year exemption in writing at the outset — it shapes every decision that follows.

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10. Shmuel Brodetsky CPA — Haifa

A local practice covering Haifa and the whole north, with an English-language service.

Specialty Accounting and tax consulting for businesses across northern IsraelLanguages Hebrew · English · RussianBest for Small and mid-sized businesses, self-employed, northern companies

Shmuel Brodetsky's practice is a team of tax consultants and accountants working across Haifa, Hadera, Karmiel, Nahariya, Nazareth and northern Israel generally, with an English-language site.

Regional coverage of that kind is the practical option for a business operating across the north rather than only in the city, and a local practice is usually more accessible and considerably cheaper than a national firm for a small or mid-sized file.

Good to know: Good fit if you operate across several northern towns rather than only in Haifa.

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Frequently asked questions

Which is the best accounting firm in Israel?

EY Israel (Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer) is the largest, and the Big Four between them handle most audit and corporate work in the country. But 'best' is a question of fit: a Big Four firm is the wrong answer for a freelancer or a small company, where a mid-tier firm or an English-speaking local practice will cost a fraction and give you a partner who returns calls.

Do you need an accountant in Israel?

If you are an employee on a payslip, usually not — tax is withheld and most people never file. If you are self-employed (osek patur or osek murshe), run a company, hold foreign assets, or made aliyah recently and are using the ten-year exemption, then yes. The reporting rules are unforgiving and the penalties are automatic.

How much does an accountant cost in Israel?

A small osek patur bookkeeping and annual filing arrangement runs roughly ₪400–₪900 a month. A company with payroll and VAT is more like ₪1,500–₪4,000 a month. One-off advice from an international tax boutique is billed hourly and is not cheap, but it is usually cheaper than getting the residency question wrong.

What is the difference between a CPA and a bookkeeper in Israel?

A ro'eh cheshbon (CPA) is licensed to audit and sign statutory financial statements and to represent you before the Tax Authority. A mnahel cheshbonot (bookkeeper) handles the monthly reporting, VAT and payroll and costs far less. Many small businesses use a bookkeeper monthly and a CPA annually, which is the sensible arrangement.

Which accountants in Israel handle olim tax benefits?

The practices that market themselves in English and French — Dray & Dray in Jerusalem, Eshel Marcovich Cohen in Haifa and Tel Aviv, and the US tax firms — are the ones that work with the ten-year new-immigrant exemption daily. It is a genuinely specialist area and a general Israeli accountant may not know it well.

Do Israeli accountants handle US tax as well?

A few do both sides in-house; most do not. If you are an American in Israel you generally need Israeli filing and US filing, and it is worth using either one firm that genuinely does both or two firms that are used to talking to each other. See our separate guide to US tax accountants in Israel.

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