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TAX REFORM

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2019
Japan mulls scrapping tax break for big firms that wine and dine clients
The administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering ending a special tax break for wining and dining expenses at large companies at the end of fiscal 2019, informed sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2019
LDP tax chief Amari to pursue tax system better suited to Japan's increasingly digital economy
The chief of a Liberal Democratic Party tax panel said Monday the group will explore changes that will lead to a tax system more in tune with the country's increasingly digitized economy.
EDITORIALS
Dec 18, 2018
Patchwork steps in government's 2019 tax reform
Heavy fiscal measures to ease the impact of raising the consumption tax on households could raise doubts over the very purpose of the increase.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2018
Koch network starts ads in Indiana and Missouri plugging Trump tax plan and attacking Senate Democrats
The political network backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch is launching a $4 million advertising campaign against two Senate Democrats facing re-election in 2018, as it starts to fulfill a pledge to spend $20 million selling the federal tax overhaul passed late last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2017
New York governor says new U.S. tax code may be unconstitutional by violating equal protection
The new U.S. tax code targets high-tax states and may be unconstitutional, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday, saying the bill may violate New York residents' rights to due process and equal protection.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 16, 2017
Two Senate Republicans oppose party's tax plan, posing headwinds for Trump
A Senate Republican tax plan that would repeal the Obamacare mandate and give permanent tax cuts only to U.S. corporations drew fire from two Republican lawmakers on Wednesday in what could be a sign of trouble for the sweeping measure.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2017
Shades of Obamacare repeal bid as secrecy also shrouds Republicans' tax overhaul and blanks aren't filled in
Congress is trying to ram through a bill that would reshape the U.S. economy in just a few short weeks, but its leaders have kept the plan shrouded in secrecy and released not a word of legislative text.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2017
Trump wooing Democrats with Dreamer, tax-the-rich overtures as GOP allies in Congress fail to deliver
Fresh off striking a budget deal with Democrats, Donald Trump is toning down his rhetoric and looking to cut deals on such American hot-button issues as immigration and tax reform in search of a much-needed legislative victory.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2017
Trump calls for 'pro-America' tax reform, presses Congress to deliver
U.S. President Donald Trump turned his populist rhetoric to tax reform on Wednesday, calling for "pro-American" business tax cuts as a way to create jobs and telling Congress that it needs to deliver.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 10, 2015
Ruling parties approve tax changes, but have yet to define food eligible for low rate
Marathon tax-reform negotiations between the ruling coalition partners concluded Thursday with negotiators agreeing to reduce consumption tax on food, officials said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 24, 2013
Cabinet OKs higher household taxes but gives businesses a break
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet on Tuesday approved tax policy changes for fiscal 2014, imposing higher taxes on households despite a planned sales tax hike, while giving benefits to companies to shore up the economy.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 24, 2013
Abe asks Tax Commission to come up with new tricks
The Tax Commission takes on tax evasion by multinational corporations and is asked by the prime minister to solve a baffling contradiction in "Abenomics."
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 10, 2013
Abe to finalize tax break for corporate investment by fall
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday his government will finalize a tax break for corporate investment by this fall in addition to its already announced growth strategy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Apr 1, 2012
Naohiko Jinno: Master of public finance brings life to numbers
Born the grandson of a once-prosperous textile manufacturer in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture, Naohiko Jinno says that when he was growing up he was told by his mother, over and over again, that money was not important.

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