Damage caused by heavy rain Newly raised tax granted to 13 municipalities in 4 prefectures including Nagano

Damage caused by heavy rain Newly granted normal allocation tax to 13 municipalities in 4 prefectures including Nagano 13:20 on July 14

Among the local governments affected by the series of heavy rain disasters, 13 municipalities in 4 prefectures such as Nagano and Fukuoka prefectures were issued half of the normal allocation tax scheduled to be delivered in September.

The ordinary grant tax is granted four times a year by the national government to make up for the lack of financial resources of local governments, and it is granted at an earlier stage when the disaster suffers significant damage.

Among the local governments that suffered a great deal of damage from the series of heavy rain disasters this time, they are being delivered to 20 municipalities in 3 prefectures such as Kumamoto prefecture.

Then, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on March 14 requested a new request for 13 municipalities in four prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Fukuoka, and Oita, and half of the ordinary allocation tax scheduled to be delivered in September, a total of 10,112 million yen. I delivered it.

The amount of grant is 2,280 million yen in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, 1,427 million yen in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, and 1,392 million yen in Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture.

At the press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takaichi stated, "I would like to continue to carefully listen to the actual situation of the affected local governments and work to prevent financial problems."