Some local governments in Japan are turning to the hometown donation program to solicit contributions for projects aimed at passing down memories of World War II to future generations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/hometown-donations-used-to-preserve-wartime-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #localgovernment #taxes #furusatonozei #museums

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We're just a couple of months away from the TY2024 extension filing deadline. Have you completed your 2024 individual or business taxes? Want to get a jump on your 2025 taxes? Worried about how the OBBB might affect your tax situation next year? Get in touch. I am a fully credentialed US tax preparer I work with individuals, small businesses and independent contractors. Taxes aren't scary, just complicated. Let my hyper fixation become your sense of relief

India expects consumption tax cuts announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a boost to the economy without hurting the government’s fiscal deficit, helping to offset the fallout from higher U.S. tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/economy/modi-india-tax-cuts-us-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #india #narendramodi #taxes #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

The Cultural Affairs Agency is considering providing tax relief to operators of movie theaters if they renovate them to improve accessibility for people with disabilities, officials said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/japan/tax-relief-barrier-free-theater/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #theater #taxes

Amazon wants to rule the world
We love our customers.
Amazon only your data!
Booksellers work with ~ 25% margin,
Amazon wants 60% from the publishers.
We pay fees and taxes in our city, Amazon doesn't.
We have fair working conditions, Amazon doesn't. Why do people buy books from Amazon? We have fixed prices in Germany, whether in Munich, Buxtehude or on Amazon - new books cost the same!

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#JeffBezos#Amazon #data#WorkingConditions #taxes #books

Japan's internal affairs ministry has started a survey of all municipalities on the collection of the individual resident tax from foreign workers who left the country in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/japan/japan-survey-foreigners-resident-taxes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taxes #diet #foreignworkers #immigration

"These tariffs are both economic and geopolitical madness, but they are also giving the pro-democracy movement an extraordinary opportunity to tell the story of his betrayal of working Americans (higher prices, damage to small businesses, shifting the tax burden from the wealthy to everyday people)" (continued in /6)

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #tariffs #economy #inflation #taxes
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https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-must-lean-in-much-harder-against

"'Currently (Aug 2025), unemployment is 4.2%, inflation 2.7%, and Q2 GDP growth 3.0%, but job gains slowed amid tariff impacts. Overall, Biden's era showed better stability in jobs and prices.'”

#Trump #tariffs #economy #inflation #taxes
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"WH Policy Director Stephen Miller on Fox: 'The economy was on its deathbed when President Trump came into the Oval Office.'

… Elon Musk’s AI app Grok was asked if Miller’s quote was accurate: 'Based on key indicators, the economy performed strongly under Biden with average unemployment at 3.6% (2022-2023), inflation down to 2.4% by late 2024, and real GDP growth of 12.6% over his term.'"

~ Ron Filipkowski

#Trump #tariffs #economy #inflation #taxes
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-187-8725

"On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted during an MSNBC interview that tariffs are paid by US companies importing goods from foreign producers. Moreover, Secretary Bessent acknowledged that those US companies then pass the cost of the tariffs onto consumers."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #tariffs #economy #inflation #taxes
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/in-the-thick-of-the-fight-for-2026

"There is almost complete consensus among economists that tariffs are inflationary. As far as I can tell, the only dissenters are economists who work, directly or de facto, for the Trump administration. After all, a tariff is basically a selective sales tax imposed on goods produced abroad."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #tariffs #economy #inflation #taxes #economists
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-beginning-to-smell-a-lot-like

Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable for foreigners who are residents in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/economy/japanese-inheritance-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #foreignworkers #expats #taxes #inheritancetax #foreignresidents #immigration #permanentresidency

The total amount of "furusato nо̄zei" hometown donations to local governments across Japan hit a record high for the fifth consecutive year in fiscal 2024, the internal affairs ministry said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/hometown-donations-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #furusatonozei #taxes #localgovernment

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed to abolish the provisional gasoline tax as early as possible this year, with an extraordinary parliamentary session set to start Friday to further discuss the plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/parties-agree-on-scrapping-add-on-gasoline-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taxes #gas #ldp #cdp #komeito #dpp #jcp #nipponishinnokai

The number of local governments able to operate without tax allocations from the state thanks to their abundant tax revenues has increased for the fourth consecutive year, the internal affairs ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/society/local-governments-tax-allocations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #localgovernment #taxes #internalaffairsministry #kumamoto

Eight opposition parties have agreed to push for scrapping the provisional add-on gasoline tax rate on Nov. 1, through jointly submitting a bill during an extra parliamentary session slated for Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/politics/opposition-parties-gasoline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #taxes #ldp

Japan should avoid tax cuts and cash handouts as they could worsen the nation's already precarious fiscal conditions, International Monetary Fund spokesperson Julie Kozack said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/25/economy/imf-advice-tax-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #imf #japaneseeconomy #taxes #inflation #2025upperhouseelection

Prefectural governors have urged the central government to give top priority to measures against Japan's shrinking population, calling for a national campaign involving private companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/politics/japan-governors-meet-population/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #localgovernment #population #taxes #consumptiontax #aomori #2025upperhouseelection

A reduction of Japan's consumption tax is not a given even after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition lost its majority in the Upper House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/21/economy/election-tax-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #consumptiontax #taxes #ldp #japaneseeconomy #sanseito #dpp #cdp #yoshihikonoda #2025upperhouseelection #budgets #komeito