This fiscal year's special allotment tax issued by the national government to local governments increased by 1.7% from the previous fiscal year to 1,132.2 billion yen, due to an increase in disaster-related expenses such as the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
The special allocation tax is distributed by the national government twice a year, in December and March, to local governments affected by natural disasters. Compared to the previous year, it increased by 19.1 billion yen, or 1.7%.
The breakdown was as follows
: Expenses to ensure local medical care, such as financial support for public hospitals in depopulated areas, were the largest at 100.7 billion yen
, followed
by disaster-related expenses at 92 billion yen, an increase of approximately 35 billion yen from the previous fiscal year. I did.
Of this amount, 40.2 billion yen was distributed to areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
In addition,
▽Expenses for securing regional transportation amounted to 77.9 billion yen. On the other hand,
Shiranuka Town in Hokkaido and
Izumisano City in Osaka Prefecture
had their special allocation tax reduced
because they collected a large amount of donations through hometown tax payments.
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto told reporters after the cabinet meeting, ``This fiscal year, not only the Noto Peninsula earthquake, but other disasters have occurred across the country.We have taken measures to ensure that local governments' financial management is not disrupted.'' Ta.
The special allocation tax for March will be issued on March 26th.