Hometown tax payment Izumisano City allocation tax drastically reduced Judgment that it is illegal Osaka District Court

The Osaka District Court said in a court ruling that it was unreasonable for Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture, to significantly reduce the special allocation tax because it collected a large amount of donations for hometown tax payment. We decided that the response was illegal and canceled the reduction decision.

Regarding the special allocation tax in Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture in the first year of Reiwa, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reduced it by 440 million yen from the previous year to more than 53 million yen because it collected a large amount of donations from the hometown tax payment. I decided.

In response, Izumisano City argued that it was an illegal reduction with no legal basis due to the intention of punishment for not complying with the national policy due to the hometown tax payment, and canceled the decision against the country. I was suing for.

In a ruling on the 10th, Osamu Yamaji, the presiding judge of the Osaka District Court, said, "It is illegal to stipulate that the income of donations from the hometown tax payment will be a factor in reducing the special allocation tax." As a result, the city's complaint was accepted and the national reduction decision was cancelled.

Izumisano City, which has been in conflict with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications over its hometown tax payment, won the Supreme Court in June in another trial, which alleged that it was unreasonable to be excluded from the system.

Mayor Izumisano "The government promptly cancels the reduction decision"

Mayor Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu of Izumisano said, "We pay tribute to the court's wise decision. This decision is arbitrary beyond the delegation of the law of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. I think that it was for the disposition under the special allocation tax, and it was meaningful to correct the national allocation tax administration. The national government promptly canceled the decision to reduce the special allocation tax without appealing, and once again, We hope to determine the amount that should be taken and withdraw the illegal Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications decree. "

Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Kaneko "Scrutinizing the content of the judgment"

Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Kaneko commented, "I am aware that Izumisano City's request has been approved. In the future, we will carefully examine the content of the decision and discuss with the relevant ministries and agencies to consider how to respond." Announced.

In addition, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno said at a press conference in the afternoon, "I am aware that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will carefully examine the content of the decision and discuss with the relevant ministries and agencies to consider how to respond."