住民税每年增加１０００円作復興支援用

Last month the NHK News on-line reported the following:

住民税 年間１０００円増税し復興財源に

6月1日 6時43分

東日本大震災の復興財源を確保するため、すでに実施されている所得税の臨時増税に加えて、今月からは住民税が納税者１人当たり年間で１０００円増税されます。

政府は東日本大震災からの復旧・復興事業を進めるため平成２３年度から５年間でおよそ２５兆円を集中的に投入することにしていて必要な財源は税外収入や復興増税などで確保することにしています。
これを受けて個人の所得税は去年１月から２５年間、税額の２．１％分加算される臨時増税が実施されていますが、これに加えて住民税も今月から納税者１人当たり年間で１０００円増税されます。
住民税の臨時増税の期間は１０年間で、およそ６０００億円の増収が見込まれていて、被災地の復旧・復興のほか、全国各地で行われる学校の耐震化や津波対策など緊急性の高い防災事業に使われることになっています。

(試譯文)

In order to secure the revenue source for recovering from the Great East Japan Earthquake, in addition to the extraordinary income tax increase already carried out, from this month the yearly resident tax would be increased by 1,000 yen for taxpayers.

In order to push forward the project for the revival from the Great East Japan Earthquake, about 25 trillion yen would be collected and invested starting from Heisei 23 fiscal year for five years. The government had to secure revenue source by non-tax revenues and increasing revival tax etc.

In response, starting from January last year for 25 years, for individual income tax a temporary tax increase of additional 2.1% worth of tax was implemented. On top of that, the resident tax also had a yearly increase of 1,000 yen per taxpayer starting from this month (June).

In ten years, with the extraordinary increase in resident tax, an additional about 600 billion yen in revenue was expected. Besides for the restoration and revival of the stricken area, the revenue would be used in disaster prevention projects that had high urgency such as earthquake-proofing in schools, and performed measures against the tsunami etc. all over the country.

     It seems that the tax burden on the Japanese is very heavy.