Request for tax reform next year, etc. Measures to reduce the burden on companies hit by Corona, etc. September 30, 15:54
Requests from each ministry and agency regarding next year's tax reform were submitted on the 30th.
It includes measures to reduce the burden on companies hit by the new coronavirus and new tax measures to support companies working on business restructuring in response to digitalization.
With the focus on how to support companies and individuals affected by the new coronavirus, each ministry and agency submitted a request for tax reform next year to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 30th.
Of these, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is requesting the establishment of new measures to reduce the burden of corporate taxes, etc., in order to support companies working on business restructuring and restructuring to respond to digitalization.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has included a request to reduce corporate tax when companies promoting telework are certified by the government and set up satellite offices in rural areas.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is calling for measures to prevent the property tax burden on land from increasing for companies that have been hit by the impact of the new Corona.
This request also includes taxes that are familiar to people in their daily lives.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism have set the deadline for application of the "eco-car tax reduction", which is the end of April next year, to reduce the tax rate of the "automobile weight tax" levied at the time of vehicle inspection for fuel-efficient vehicles. I'm asking you to extend it.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has newly requested that the consumption tax not be levied on the usage fees of the "postnatal care business" such as mental care and child-care consultation services provided by the local government for mothers after childbirth.
The government and the ruling party will decide to revise the tax system next year at the end of the year based on the requests of each ministry and agency.
However, as corporate tax and other tax revenues are expected to decline due to the deterioration of corporate performance, how to secure tax revenues in the medium to long term while supporting the companies and individuals who have been hit is also a major issue.