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HOMETOWN TAX

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2019
Nearly 60% back new rule limiting value of gifts offered through hometown tax donation program: survey
A survey has found that 58.4 percent of respondents are supportive of a new rule limiting the value of return gifts handed out under Japan's furusato nōzei (hometown tax donation) system to local products worth 30 percent or less of the value of donations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 7, 2018
Abuse is the norm for Japan's hometown tax donation system
On Sept. 11, then-Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda gave a news conference at which she stated the government's intention to revise laws for local taxes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2018
Japan to curb expensive gift incentives under 'hometown tax' program
The program allows taxpayers to donate to any municipality and receive tax cuts, but has led to fierce competition among local governments to lure donations with expensive gifts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2018
Government eyeing rework of 'hometown tax donation' system to curb use of gifts
The government is considering reworking furusato nōzei (hometown tax donation), a system that allows taxpayers who typically live in urban areas to make donations to rural areas in exchange for tax credit, officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2017
Rural 'furusato nozei' beer, beef thank-yous costing urban Japan much-needed revenues
Want a free case of craft beer? If you send ¥30,000 or more of your taxes to the town of Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, they'll send you 24 bottles of a locally brewed beer to say thanks.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2016
Donations to municipalities of choice grow fourfold in fiscal 2015
Donations to municipalities that qualify as tax-deductable soared over fourfold in fiscal 2015 from a year earlier, the government said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2016
Hokkaido city repays 'hometown tax' donors with crab and other seafood, sees donations soar
The Hokkaido city of Nemuro has been receiving a flood of donations from across the country after it started sending crab and other local seafood to repay the generosity of donors, who have given close to one-third of its tax revenue in the current fiscal year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2014
'Luckiest city' offers lottery tickets for donations
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