Israeli Price Quote Generator

Israeli Price Quote Generator

Problem

Israeli freelancers and small businesses send price quotes (הצעת מחיר) every week, but most copy an old quote and edit it: the validity date stays stale, the VAT rate stays at 17% three years after the increase, and the payment terms clause silently waives the protections of חוק מוסר תשלומים. A quote that looks fine on the surface costs the freelancer real money when the client pays in 90 days or argues over the VAT line two months later. This skill builds the quote from current data, the right VAT, the right oseik patur header, the legally-correct payment-terms clause, and an explicit validity date, so the freelancer's hand is strong before the work starts.

Instructions

Step 1: Identify the issuer's oseik status

Ask the user (or read from prior session memory) whether they are:

• Oseik morshe (עוסק מורשה): registered for VAT. Charges 18% VAT on every quote and invoice. Clients can deduct it as input tax.
• Oseik patur (עוסק פטור): under the annual turnover ceiling (122,833 ₪ for 2026, CPI-indexed). Does NOT charge VAT. Cannot issue a tax invoice (חשבונית מס), uses חשבונית עסקה for the payment request, then קבלה for the receipt.
• Esek za'ir (עסק זעיר) is NOT a fourth VAT status. "Esek za'ir" is the 2024 מסלול מקוצר, an income-tax election (30% normative expense deduction, simplified reporting). It is orthogonal to VAT classification: a freelancer in מסלול מקוצר can be either oseik patur or oseik morshe. From the quote's perspective, use whichever VAT status the freelancer actually holds; the מסלול מקוצר election affects income-tax filing, not the quote header.
• Chevra ba'am (חברה בע"מ): incorporated. Charges 18% VAT, has both מספר עוסק and מספר חברה.

The oseik status drives whether the quote shows a VAT line, what the issuer header says, and what the issuer can label the future invoice.

Step 2: Collect the line items

For each line item, get:

• Description (Hebrew preferred for Israeli clients; bilingual if the client is international)
• Quantity and unit (hours, days, units, "fixed")
• Unit price in ₪ (or specify another currency, see Step 6 on FX clauses)
• Optional discount (% or flat ₪)

Compute:

line_total = quantity × unit_price − discount
subtotal = sum(line_totals)
vat = subtotal × 0.18    # ONLY if issuer is oseik morshe or chevra
total = subtotal + vat

Round VAT and total to two decimals (agorot). Israeli convention is two-decimal display, not whole shekel.

Step 3: Set the validity period

Default to 14 days from issue date for project work, 30 days for product sales or longer-cycle B2B. Never leave the validity field blank, an open-ended quote that's accepted months later may still bind the issuer to outdated pricing: under section 8 of חוק החוזים (חלק כללי), התשל"ג-1973 (Contracts Law (General Part), 5733-1973), an offer with no stated validity must be accepted "within a reasonable time", and what counts as reasonable is decided after the fact by a court.

The quote must show: "תוקף ההצעה עד {date}" / "Quote valid until {date}".

Step 4: Set the payment terms clause

The legal anchor is חוק מוסר תשלומים לספקים, התשע"ז-2017 (Late Payment to Suppliers Law, 5777-2017). It caps how long a payer can delay paying a supplier:

| Payer | Statutory cap (per the law) | What it means in days | |---|---|---| | State authority (section 3(a)) | 45 days from invoice submission | up to ~45 days | | Local authority (section 3(f)) | 45 days from month-end (80 for construction) | up to ~75 days | | Business-to-business (section 3(g)) | 45 days from month-end ("shotef + 45") | up to ~75 days |

Critical terminology: "shotef + N" means end of the invoice's calendar month + N days, NOT N days from the invoice date. An invoice dated 5 March under shotef + 30 is due by 30 April, about 56 days post-invoice in the worst case. This is the #1 thing Israeli freelancers get wrong when copying the American "Net 30" wording.

Default the quote to "shotef + 30" as a freelancer-friendly term (better cash flow than the legal max of shotef + 45). Sections 4 and 4(a) of the law add statutory interest (per חוק פסיקת ריבית והצמדה, התשכ"א-1961) on amounts paid past the cap. Any contract clause that imposes longer than the statutory cap on a small-business supplier is void by force of the law, but you still want the clause IN the quote so the client doesn't propose worse later.

Suggested clause text (Hebrew): > תנאי תשלום: שוטף + 30 ימים מהנפקת החשבונית. חוק מוסר תשלומים לספקים, התשע"ז-2017 קובע תקרה חוקית של שוטף + 45 לעסקה בין עסקים. עיכוב מעבר לתקרה החוקית נושא ריבית פיגורים לפי חוק פסיקת ריבית והצמדה, התשכ"א-1961.

Important nuance on the late-interest clause: Sections 4 and 4(a) of the Late Payment Law trigger statutory interest from the day the statutory cap is breached (shotef + 45 for B2B), not from the day the contractual term in your quote is breached (shotef + 30). The contractual shotef + 30 is a payment expectation; the legal late-interest clock starts at shotef + 45. Don't draft a clause that promises interest "from day 31" because a court will not enforce that.

If the user picks something longer than the legal cap for their tier (e.g., shotef + 60 for an SMB-to-SMB quote), warn them: their client cannot legally enforce that term, but more importantly, accepting longer-than-cap terms can signal weakness.

Step 5: Build the header

| Issuer type | Header label | Required fields | |---|---|---| | Oseik morshe | "הצעת מחיר" + "עוסק מורשה" + 9-digit מספר עוסק | name, address, phone, email, oseik number | | Oseik patur | "הצעת מחיר" + "עוסק פטור" + 9-digit מספר עוסק (usually the freelancer's תעודת זהות) | name, address, phone, email, oseik number | | Chevra | "הצעת מחיר" + "חברה בע"מ" + 9-digit מספר חברה | name, address, phone, email, company number, optionally CEO name |

Oseik patur clarifier (optional but useful): adding "פטור ממע"מ" or the older phrasing "אינו רשום כעוסק מורשה" alongside the "עוסק פטור" label tells the client up front that they will not receive a tax invoice. The Tax Authority required label is just "עוסק פטור" + number; the clarifier is admin practice, not a regulatory mandate.

Step 6: Optional clauses (use sparingly)

• Scope-change clause: "כל שינוי בהיקף העבודה מעבר למפורט בהצעה זו יחויב בנפרד לפי תעריף שעתי של {rate} ₪ + מע"מ." Useful for project work.
• FX clause (only for foreign-currency quotes): "המחירים נקובים ב-USD. הסכום הסופי לחיוב יחושב לפי שער יציג של בנק ישראל ביום הוצאת החשבונית." Israeli convention is to use Bank of Israel's daily reference rate (שער יציג).
• Cancellation clause: "ביטול הזמנה לאחר אישור הצעה זו יחויב ב-{percent}% מהסכום הכולל." Standard ranges: 25% before work starts, 50% mid-project, 100% after delivery.
• Materials clause: "המחיר אינו כולל חומרים / רישוי תוכנה / נסיעות מעבר לאזור גוש דן" (or whatever applies).

Don't dump all four onto every quote. Pick what's load-bearing for the specific deal.

Step 7: Payment-method footer

Israeli SMB clients overwhelmingly expect at least one of:

• Bit: peer-to-peer payment app from Bank Hapoalim. From January 2025, a ~1% fee applies to users whose annual aggregate transactions exceed 25,000 ₪. Business inbound settlement is typically T+1. Confirm the current per-transaction and monthly caps with the bank. Often the default for invoices under ~5,000 ₪.
• PayBox: competing P2P app from Discount Bank. Same ~1% fee threshold as Bit since Jan 2025.
• Pepper Pay: P2P feature inside Bank Leumi's Pepper digital banking app.
• Bank transfer (העברה בנקאית): include bank name, branch (סניף), account number. Format: בנק לאומי (10), סניף 800, חשבון 12345/67.
• Credit card via a gateway (Cardcom, Tranzila, Grow). If the user wants to pass processing fees on to the client, add a surcharge clause; the actual percentage depends on the user's processor contract and card scheme, confirm before quoting.

Avoid asking for a wire transfer (SWIFT) from an Israeli client, it's slow and they'll resist.

Step 8: Emit the document

Default output is markdown (easy to paste into email, convert to PDF in Pages/Word, or render in a markdown-to-PDF tool). When the user wants a printable file, emit HTML with dir="rtl" on the body and inline CSS that prints to A4. See scripts/quote_builder.py for a working example.

After acceptance

Once the client accepts the quote (in writing, email reply is enough under contract law), the next step is the actual tax invoice. Use the green-invoice skill to issue a חשבונית מס (oseik morshe) or חשבונית עסקה / קבלה (oseik patur) via the Green Invoice / Morning API. The price quote itself is NOT a tax event, no VAT is reported, no entry in the books, but a written acceptance creates a binding contract under Contracts Law section 1 (offer + acceptance) and section 5 (acceptance via notice to the offeror).

Examples

Example 1: Hourly consulting quote (oseik morshe)

Input:

• Issuer: Yael Cohen, oseik morshe #311234567, Tel Aviv
• Client: Rishon Tech Ltd, מספר חברה 514567890
• Line: "ייעוץ אסטרטגי, 20 שעות @ 450 ₪"
• Validity: 14 days
• Payment: shotef + 30, Bit or transfer

Expected output (markdown excerpt):

# הצעת מחיר 2026-042

**יעל כהן** | עוסק מורשה 311234567
טלפון 050-1234567 | אימייל yael@example.co.il
תל אביב

**לכבוד:** Rishon Tech Ltd (מספר חברה 514567890)
**תאריך הוצאה:** 19 במאי 2026
**תוקף ההצעה עד:** 2 ביוני 2026

| פריט | כמות | מחיר יחידה | סה"כ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ייעוץ אסטרטגי | 20 שעות | 450 ₪ | 9,000 ₪ |

**סה"כ לפני מע"מ:** 9,000 ₪
**מע"מ 18%:** 1,620 ₪
**סה"כ לתשלום:** 10,620 ₪

**תנאי תשלום:** שוטף + 30 ימים מהנפקת החשבונית, בהתאם לחוק מוסר תשלומים לספקים, התשע"ז-2017.

**אמצעי תשלום:** Bit 050-1234567 או העברה בנקאית: בנק לאומי (10), סניף 800, חשבון 12345/67.

Example 2: Fixed-scope project quote (oseik patur)

Input:

• Issuer: Daniel Levi, oseik patur #029876543 (under 122,833 ₪ for 2026)
• Client: small bakery in Haifa
• Line: "עיצוב לוגו + מיתוג בסיסי, חבילה קבועה"
• Validity: 30 days
• No VAT, no escalation clause

Expected header difference:

**דניאל לוי** | עוסק פטור 029876543, אינו רשום כעוסק מורשה

Total stays at 4,500 ₪ (no VAT line). Footer adds: "לאחר אישור ההצעה תופק חשבונית עסקה, ועם קבלת התשלום, קבלה. אינני רשום כעוסק מורשה ואינני חייב מע"מ."

Example 3: Hebrew + English bilingual (export client)

For an Israeli SaaS selling to a US customer, emit two columns: Hebrew on the right (RTL block), English on the left (LTR block). Currency is USD with the bank-of-Israel FX clause from Step 6. VAT is 0% if the customer is outside Israel (export of services is zero-rated under VAT Law section 30(a)(5)), but the issuer is still oseik morshe, note "VAT 0% (export of services per VAT Law §30(a)(5))" on the line.

Bundled Resources

references/

• payment-terms-law.md, full breakdown of חוק מוסר תשלומים לספקים 5777-2017 with the three payer tiers and what each tier's cap actually means in calendar days.
• vat-and-oseik-status.md, 2026 thresholds, when to upgrade from oseik patur, how to handle the calendar year you cross the threshold.
• quote-templates.md, three full ready-to-copy Hebrew templates (hourly consulting, fixed project, monthly retainer) and one bilingual HE/EN template.

scripts/

• quote_builder.py, CLI that takes a JSON spec (issuer, client, line items, terms) and emits markdown or HTML. Validates the payment-terms tier and warns if VAT was set wrong for the oseik status.

Recommended MCP Servers

No MCP server is required to draft a quote. After acceptance, the natural next step is to issue the actual invoice via the green-invoice skill (Green Invoice / Morning API). Optionally, the boi-economic-data MCP can supply the daily שער יציג for the FX clause in Step 6.

Reference Links

| Source | URL | What to Check | |---|---|---| | Late Payment to Suppliers Law text | https://www.nevo.co.il/lawhtml/law00/144599.htm | Current payer tiers, payment caps, late-interest reference | | Late Payment Law plain summary (Kol-Zchut) | https://www.kolzchut.org.il/he/המועדהאחרוןלתשלוםתמורהלספקיםעבורסחורהאושירות | Plain-language summary of the three payer tiers | | Israeli VAT rate (PwC tax summary) | https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/israel/corporate/other-taxes | Current VAT rate (18% since 2025-01-01) | | Oseik patur threshold (Kol-Zchut) | https://www.kolzchut.org.il/he/עוסקפטור | Annual ceiling and reporting rules | | Contracts Law (General Part) 5733-1973 | https://www.nevo.co.il/law_html/law00/71888.htm | Section 1 (offer/acceptance), section 3(b) (irrevocability), section 8 (reasonable time) | | Price quote document guide (Green Invoice) | https://www.greeninvoice.co.il/magazine/hazat-mechir/ | Distinction between quote, חשבונית עסקה, חשבונית מס |

Gotchas

• Don't label an oseik patur quote with the phrase "כולל מע"מ". Oseik patur cannot charge VAT. Putting "כולל מע"מ" on an oseik patur document looks like fraud and exposes the issuer to a Tax Authority fine. Either show no VAT line at all or write "אינו רשום כעוסק מורשה, לא חייב מע"מ".
• The VAT rate is 18%, not 17%. This changed on 2025-01-01. Skills written before then often default to 17%, which is wrong every time. Hardcode 0.18 in calculations.
• shotef + 30 ≠ 30 days. It's end-of-month + 30 days. An invoice dated 2 March under shotef + 30 isn't due until 30 April. Don't tell the user "30 days" when explaining the clause, say "up to 60 days post-invoice in the worst case, depending on the invoice date".
• "VAT 0%" for export is not the same as "no VAT". An oseik morshe selling services abroad still files a VAT return showing the line as a zero-rated transaction (עסקה חייבת בשיעור אפס). The dealer preserves the right to קיזוז מס תשומות (input-VAT credit) on related expenses, which exempt transactions do NOT. Mark the export line "0%, export of services" and keep the VAT row in the return, don't omit it.
• Don't promise a binding price after the validity date. Use the explicit "תוקף ההצעה עד {date}" line, and after that date treat the quote as expired even if the client comes back.
• Bit has business-account limits. The per-transaction and monthly caps changed in 2024 and again in 2025 (1% fee above 25,000 ₪ aggregate per year). Confirm the user's current limit with their bank before quoting a 30,000 ₪ project as "pay via Bit".
• Withholding at source (ניכוי במקור) can shrink the cash received. When the client is a חברה / מוסד / רשות that's a registered tax-deduction agent under פקודת מס הכנסה §164, they withhold income tax from your payment unless you present a valid אישור פטור מניכוי מס במקור (usually valid for one year). For B2B quotes worth more than a few thousand shekels, add a footer line: "התשלום כפוף להצגת אישור פטור מניכוי מס במקור בתוקף; אחרת ינוכה לפי שיעור ברירת המחדל החל על הספק." The withholding doesn't reduce the supplier's invoice amount, only the cash received on the day; the freelancer reconciles via the annual tax return.
• Cancellation-fee tiers are not automatically enforceable. The 25 / 50 / 100 percent tiers in Step 6 are common practice, but a court can cap an excess cancellation fee at the supplier's actual damages under סעיף 15 לחוק החוזים (תרופות בשל הפרת חוזה), התשל"א-1970 if the fee is challenged as a contractual penalty. Use the tiers as a negotiating anchor, not as a guaranteed payout.

Troubleshooting

| Issue | Cause | Fix | |---|---|---| | VAT calculation off by one agorah | Floating-point rounding | Round subtotal × 0.18 to 2 decimals using banker's rounding (Python's round() or Decimal.quantize(Decimal('0.01'), ROUND_HALF_EVEN)) | | Client says "I'll pay in 60 days" | Client is unaware of the Late Payment Law | Reference the law in the payment clause. For an SMB supplier to large business, shotef+45 is the legal max; longer terms in a contract are void. | | Cl

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Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: skills-il
• Source: skills-il/tax-and-finance
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.