The ruling parties’ tax commissions are discussing the idea of raising the corporate tax rate while expanding tax cuts to promote capital investment, according to sources close to the matter.
The Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, aim to facilitate structural transformation of the Japanese economy by strongly encouraging companies to shift from savings to investment through the combination of a tax hike and tax cuts, the sources said last week.
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