While opening a business, the Israeli entrepreneur stands before the Israeli bureaucracy. The steps that are ought to be taken in opening a business in Israel are (Privately owned business):

1)      Filling in the following ma'am (V.A.T.) form.

2)      Adding all the necessary forms requested:

·        Lease form.

·        Cancelled check.

·        Photo copy of the entrepreneur I.D.

·        Any professional certificates

3)      Filling in the following I.R.S. form in duplicates.

4)      Find your local ma'am offices through the I.R.S. website.

5)      Open your listing in ma'am.by filling the forms and attachments with the proper ma'am clerk.

6)      Filing the I.R.S. at the I.R.S. information desk.

For a partnership the partners has to open each a file with the I.R.S., and for the partnership with the V.A.T. take notice that for a partnership all partners has to sign on the back of the V.A.T. form.

For a company, the difference from a partnership is that first you have to open the company with the proper registrar (recommended approaching a lawyer for this), then get a protocol stating who are the authorized persons who may sign the papers in the company's name. The company's would have its own bank account. To open with the ma'am the affirmation from the company's registrar of opening the company.

To open an N.P.O. the procedures are longer and require the professional help of a C.P.A. a lawyer.