Andres
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The government and the ruling coalition are considering a plan to raise the departure tax from the current ¥1,000 per person to ¥3,000 or more to fund measures against overtourism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/triple-departure-tax-overtourism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #travel #taxes #tourism
The ruling and opposition parties in Japan formally agreed to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge on Dec. 31 while putting off by around a year the decision on how to secure stable alternative revenue sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/gasoline-surcharge-abolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gas #oil #taxes #diet #ldp
The case has divided the conservative legal community.
The #Constitution gives #Congress the power to impose #taxes. But soon after taking office, #Trump declared that a 1977 #law gave him the power to impose #tariffs unilaterally during “emergencies”.
#SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #economy
The government has yet to find ways to secure some ¥2.4 trillion in stable financial resources to fund the planned elimination of the provisional gasoline tax surcharge and a free high school education program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/politics/funding-on-new-japan-policies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #jip #nipponishinnokai #komeito #taxes #energy #education #financeministry
The government is considering holding as soon as early next week a ministerial meeting to discuss policy regarding foreign nationals, including tightening rules regarding land acquisition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/politics/policy-foreigners-discussion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #foreignworkers #tourism #taxes #immigration
Six ruling and opposition parties have agreed to explore the possibility of scrapping the provisional gasoline tax surcharge by the end of this year, the tax chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/japan-parties-gasoline-tax-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taxes #ldp #cdp
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If your church is not preparing to stock food pantries next month, they need to pay taxes.
#FoodPantries #FoodBank #food #church #religion #WhatWouldJesusDo #poverty #hunger #taxes
If your church is not preparing to stock food pantries next month, they need to pay taxes.
#FoodPantries #FoodBank #food #church #religion #WhatWouldJesusDo #poverty #hunger #taxes
Even if AI solves the problem of rich countries’ anemic economic growth, it will almost certainly lead to a much higher share of capital in output, and a correspondingly lower share for labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/20/world/will-ai-pay-off-global-debt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #debt #taxes
The Osaka High Court has upheld a lower court ruling that the central government's decision to cut special tax grants to the city of Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, due to its hometown tax donation revenue, was illegal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/crime-legal/izumisano-illegal-tax-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #izumisano #japanesecourts #taxes #furusatonozei #osaka
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to appoint Itsunori Onodera, former chief of the party's Policy Research Council, as chairman of its Research Commission on the Tax System, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/politics/onodera-ldp-tax-panel-head/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #itsunorionodera #ldp #dpp #taxes
Is this someone from Maine who’s just SUPER excited about doing their taxes?
Talks between Japan's ruling and opposition parties have stalled regarding a proposal to eliminate the provisional gasoline tax surcharge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/gas-tax-cut-talks-stalled/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #taxes #gas #cars #electricvehicles #ldp
Crowdfunding-style projects to address specific local challenges are gaining traction in Japan's hometown donation system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/society/japan-hometown-donations-crowdfunding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #furusatonozei #taxes #localgovernment #crowdfunding