Regarding the hometown tax payment, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has decided to exclude it from the hometown tax payment, saying that Sumoto City, Hyogo Prefecture has sent a hot spring ticket with an amount exceeding the legal standard of "30% or less of the donation amount" as a reward. I decided.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Sumoto City, Hyogo Prefecture, sent a hot spring ticket as a reward to those who donated their hometown tax from October to February last year.
The amount of donations varies, but if you donate 100,000 yen, you will receive a 50,000 yen hot spring ticket as a reward.
Sumoto City has purchased a 50,000 yen hot spring ticket from the Sumoto Onsen Tourist Ryokan Federation for 27,500 yen, and explained that it does not violate the standards of the Local Tax Law that "return gifts are less than 30% of the donation amount". I've been doing it.
However, a subsequent investigation by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications revealed that in addition to the price, 22,500 yen was paid to the inn federation as a "pamphlet distribution cooperation fee".
In response to this, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications decided that the total cost of procuring the gifts would be 50,000 yen, which would reach 50% of the donation amount, and recognized it as a gift that exceeded the standard. I decided to remove it.
The period is two years from the 1st of next month, and during this period, even if you make a new hometown tax payment to Sumoto City, you will not be able to receive the deduction.
This is the third case in Japan where local governments are excluded from the target due to gifts that exceed the standard.