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
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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!
1/2
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
"'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.'”
"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
/5
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-must-lean-in-much-harder-against
"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
/3
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-187-8725
"'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.'”
"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
/3
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
/2
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
/1
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
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!
1/2
Business investors and wealthy Americans are among the biggest winners in U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax bill. Those hit the hardest by the sweeping package include elite universities and immigrants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/world/politics/trump-tax-bill-winners-losers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #congress #taxes
Once the darling of Japanese stock investors, department stores have lagged the recent broad market rally and could fall further behind as a strong yen dents tourist spending power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/03/economy/department-stores-shares-lag/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #departmentstores #japaneseeconomy #tourism #shopping #retailers #shopping #earthquakes #taxes
Japan’s tax revenues hit a record of around ¥75.2 trillion in the fiscal year ended March, but the windfall still left questions over how Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will fund his cash handouts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/02/economy/japan-record-tax-revenues/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #taxes #debt #shigeruishiba