Govt, ruling parties eye sales tax hike around 2015 The Yomiuri Shimbun The government and the ruling parties plan to raise the consumption tax rate by the mid-2010s, but cut tax rates for a three-year period before then, it has been learned. The basic policy for a schedule to overhaul the tax syste... Read more.
Cigarette price of ¥1,000 a pack would save 190,000 lives, health studies say By TAKAHIRO FUKADA Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 Staff writer Cigarettes should cost at least ¥1,000 to discourage young people from smoking — a price that would also help sharply reduce deaths caused by the public nuisance,... Read more.
Tax hikes to increase prices of lorries and buses HA NOI — The price of buses and trucks are forecast to surge in the next few months in the wake of value added tax (VAT) hikes as of January 1, 2009, according to industry insiders. Under the Law on Value Added Tax passed by the National Assembly i... Read more.
