With corporate tax revenues falling amid the deepening recession, 38 of the 47 prefectural governments have compiled fiscal 2009 budgets featuring the largest-ever falls in tax revenues, according to an analysis of the budgets through Tuesday.
All 47 prefectures anticipate tax revenue declines in fiscal 2009 from initial projections for fiscal 2008, which ends March 31.
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