While the Kishida administration is advocating the realization of a "virtuous cycle of growth and distribution" such as strengthening the tax system that encourages companies to raise wages, the Government Tax Commission is in full swing on the ideal tax system that encourages companies to invest in human resources. Discussion started.
The Tax Commission, which is an advisory body to the Prime Minister and is made up of tax experts, held a general meeting on the 19th to exchange opinions on the ideal tax system in response to structural changes in the economy and society.
Among them, from the Ministry of Finance, which serves as the secretariat, while the company's ordinary income has increased and cash and deposits on hand have increased, employee salaries and education and training expenses have not increased, and investment in human resources has stagnated. The current situation was reported.
In response to this, the committee members commented that "Japan has a problem that wages do not increase structurally, and wage increases are not straightforward" and "Given the effect on the economy as a whole, tax is applied to non-regular employees. It is important to give companies incentives to encourage investment in vocational training. "
In addition, there was an opinion from the committee members that it is necessary to discuss what the "carbon tax" should be, which is taxed according to the amount of carbon dioxide emissions, in order to realize a carbon-free society.
In the future, the Tax Commission will organize the issues and hold a general meeting again at the beginning of the year to deepen discussions on the medium- to long-term tax system.