The number of people who used the hometown tax payment was about 7.4 million last year, and the total amount donated to the local government was about 830 billion yen last year, both of which are the highest ever.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the number of people who received a residence tax deduction using their hometown tax payment last year was 7.48,000.
Compared to the highest number of adults so far, the number has increased by more than 1.76 million, which is a record high.
In addition, the amount donated to local governments nationwide for hometown tax payment was 83,240 million yen last year, about 160 billion yen higher than the previous year, which also reached a record high.
The municipalities with the largest donations were
▽ Monbetsu City, Hokkaido, 15,297 million yen, followed
by Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, 14,616 million yen,
▽ Nemuro City, Hokkaido, 14,605 million yen, and
▽ Shiranuka Town, Hokkaido, 125 .
222 million yen,
▽ Osaka Izumisano City was 11,347 million yen.
In Monbetsu City, Hokkaido, marine products such as crabs and scallops, which are special products, became popular as rewards, and in Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Miyazaki beef and branded pork meat became popular as rewards.
In addition, Izumisano City, Osaka, was the top donation amount for the third consecutive year until 2019, but it decreased significantly last time due to the fact that it was temporarily excluded from the system for gifts.
The city says, "As a result of enhancing the lineup of reward items in line with the regulations and working for PR, the donation amount has increased again."
On the other hand, due to the influence of residents donating to other local governments using hometown tax payment, the tax revenue of this year's residence tax is expected to decrease in descending order of amount
. Yen,
▽ 14,315 million yen in Nagoya City, ▽ 12,359 million yen in
Osaka City,
etc., and the outflow of taxes from urban areas to rural areas continues to progress.
Top 20 municipalities donated
The top 20 local governments that collected a large amount of donations from their hometown tax payments last year are as follows.
▽ The first place is Monbetsu City, Hokkaido, which is 15,297 million yen.
▽ The second place is Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture, which is 14,616 million yen.
▽ The third place is Nemuro City, Hokkaido, which is 14,605 million yen.
▽ 4th place is Shiranuka-cho, Hokkaido, which is 12,522 million yen.
▽ 5th place is Izumisano City, Osaka, with 11,347 million yen.
▽ 6th place is Tsuno Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, with 10,945 million yen.
▽ 7th place is Sumoto City, Hyogo Prefecture, with 7,842 million yen.
▽ 8th place is Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, with 7,722 million yen.
▽ 9th place is Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture, with 7,214 million yen.
▽ The 10th place is Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, with 6,564 million yen.
▽ The 11th place is Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, with 6,485 million yen.
▽ 12th place is Kasai City, Hyogo Prefecture, with 6,456 million yen.
▽ The 13th place is Kyoto City, which is 6,239 million yen.
▽ 14th place is Teshikaga-cho, Hokkaido, which is 5,861 million yen.
▽ 15th place is Shibushi City, Kagoshima Prefecture, with 5,298 million yen.
▽ 16th place is Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, with 5.03 billion yen.
▽ 17th place is Sakai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, with 4,886 million yen.
▽ 18th place is Arida City, Wakayama Prefecture, with 4,872 million yen.
▽ 19th place is Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, with 4,786 million yen.
▽ 20th place is Kamimine Town, Saga Prefecture, with 4,558 million yen.
Tsuno Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, which is 6th, and Sumoto City, Hyogo Prefecture, which is 7th, are the municipalities subject to hometown tax payment, saying that they sent gifts that greatly exceeded the legal standard of "30% or less of the donation amount" for a period of last year. The designation as has been revoked.
Top 20 municipalities in terms of tax revenue reduction
Since many residents donated to other local governments for their hometown tax payment, we have summarized the local governments that are expected to reduce their inhabitant tax revenue this year in descending order of the amount of decrease.
▽ The first place is Yokohama City with 23,009 million yen.
▽ The second place is Nagoya City with 14,315 million yen.
▽ The third place is Osaka City with 12,359 million yen.
▽ 4th place is Kawasaki City with 10,291 million yen.
▽ 5th place is Setagaya-ku, Tokyo with 8,396 million yen.
▽ 6th place is Saitama City, which is 7,391 million yen.
▽ 7th place is Kobe City with 7 billion yen.
▽ 8th place is Sapporo City with 6,639 million yen.
▽ 9th place is Kyoto City with 6,443 million yen.
▽ The 10th place is Fukuoka City with 6,255 million yen.
▽ The 11th place is Minato-ku, Tokyo with 6,129 million yen.
▽ The 12th place is Chiba City with 4,647 million yen.
▽ 13th place is Ota-ku, Tokyo with 4,231 million yen.
▽ 14th place is Hiroshima City with 4,191 million yen.
▽ 15th place is Suginami-ku, Tokyo with 4,091 million yen.
▽ 16th place is Koto-ku, Tokyo with 4,051 million yen.
▽ 17th place is Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo with 3,948 million yen.
▽ The 18th place is Sendai City with 3,738 million yen.
▽ 19th place is Nerima-ku, Tokyo with 3,653 million yen.
▽ 20th place is Shibuya-ku, Tokyo with 3,603 million yen.
There are 8 wards of Tokyo's 23 wards.
All other cities are ordinance-designated cities, and the outflow of taxes from populous urban areas to rural areas continues to increase.
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Kaneko "Widely penetrated and established in the people"
At a press conference, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Kaneko said, "The reasons for the increase in donations are thought to be that the system has become widespread and well-established among the people, and that each local government is making further efforts to promote the appeal of the region. Hometown tax payments have led to the revitalization of the local economy by utilizing local resources, and we will continue to work to ensure proper operation. "