“Regional taxation High-cost reduction by system commonization” Fiscal trial November 6, 20:05
The “Fiscal System Council” was held to discuss national financial issues, and the Ministry of Finance shared the system used for tax collection as the cost of collecting local government taxes was higher than that of the national government. Asked to reduce costs.
At the 6th fiscal system council meeting held on the theme of local finance, the Ministry of Finance pointed out that the cost of collecting local government taxes, such as the operating costs of the system used for tax collection, is 1.7 times that of the country. did.
On that basis, we requested that local governments reduce costs by sharing disparate systems.
In addition, for sewerage projects operated by local governments, the cost of sewage treatment is in principle covered by usage fees from users. We recommended that the cost should be reduced by operating the business in the local government.
On the other hand, the committee members who attended said, “In addition to tax collection, we should promote the common use of local government operations,” “Local tax revenue is the highest ever, and reform should be promoted only when there is such a margin.” Such an opinion was given.
The Board will compile proposals for the formulation of a budget plan for the coming fiscal year later this month, based on discussions by theme.