"Earthquake Reconstruction Special Grant Tax" to grant a total of 316.6 billion yen to local governments September 27th, 11:30

In order to support the finances of local governments affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, a total of 316.6 billion yen has been decided to be issued to the relevant local governments as a “Special Earthquake Recovery Tax” issued once every six months.

The “Disaster Recovery Special Grant Tax” is issued by the government once every six months in March and September every year to support the finances of local governments affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has decided to issue a total of 316.6 billion yen to the relevant local governments on 30th of this month, 2004 billion yen for prefectures and 16.2 billion yen for municipalities. Did.

Of these, Fukushima Prefecture has the largest grant amount of 76.5 billion yen, followed by Iwate Prefecture with 56.7 billion yen and Miyagi Prefecture with 45.9 billion yen.

By municipality, Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture is the most popular at 15.2 billion yen, followed by Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture at 6.3 billion yen and Mito City at 5.5 billion yen.