Prior to the expansion of NISA, a preferential tax system for individual investors, from January next year, a seminar was held in Tokyo for those who want to start investing.
The Financial Services Agency has designated February 13 as "NISA Day" by punning on the date.
Approximately 40 people in their teens to 60s participated in the seminar, which was held to provide them with the correct knowledge, as there are risks involved in investing.
The lecturer explained that if you make a profit by purchasing investment trusts or stocks, you would normally be taxed at about 20% of the profit, but you can use NISA to operate it tax-free.
After that , he explained that from January next year, the
period that can be held tax-free will be indefinite, and
the investment limit, including investment trusts and stocks, will be expanded to 18 million yen.
A woman in her 60s who participated in the seminar said, "I'm glad I was able to learn basic knowledge such as choosing between high-risk and low-risk investments."
Mizuki Abe, the Tokyo branch manager of the company that hosted the seminar, said, "Investment is your own responsibility, but I feel that there is a high level of interest, such as an increase in the number of seminar participants due to the expansion of the NISA system."