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| National Insurance Contributions - Who is exempt from paying national insurance contributions |
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 A housewife – a woman who is married to an insured person and who does not work outside her home.
A soldier in regular military service – who is not a salaried or self-employed worker.
A person who has no income from work or from other sources, or whose income from other sources is not higher than 5% of the average wage (NIS 431 (as of 01.01.2012) ), and who is one of the following:
A prisoner or detainee who resides in a prison/detention facility – for a period of 12 months.
A new immigrant – for a period of 12 months from the day of his immigration to Israel.
A person who is at least 18 years old and who enlists in the army or national service before age 21 – is exempt from payment of insurance contributions from age 18 for a period of 12 months at the most, not necessarily consecutively.
A person who is at least 18 years old and who studies in a secondary education institution (up to grade 12) or in a vocational course or in a pre-military framework ("mechina") or volunteers for a year of service for a national public goal and who enlists in the army or national/service before age 21 is exempt from payment of insurance contributions for the duration of his studies or volunteer service, and for an additional period of 12 months at the most, not necessarily consecutively, from the completion of his studies.
Note that this exemption applies only between the ages of 18 to 21, and no later. The exemption is not from the day of discharge from the army.
A person of at least 18 years of age who did not enlist in the army or who enlisted after age 21, and he is studying in a post-elementary educational institution (grade 10 through 12) – is exempt from payment of insurance contributions from the period of his studies, up to age 19 at most.
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