所得制限の撤廃容認　１８歳以下の１０万円給付―山際経財相

　山際大志郎経済財政担当相は１４日の閣議後記者会見で、１８歳以下への１０万円相当の給付に関し、地方自治体が年収９６０万円の所得制限をなくすことを容認する考えを示した。「自治体の工夫の一つだ。独自に財源を確保して給付することを止めるものでもない」と説明した。
　政府は当初、現金とクーポンで５万円ずつ給付することを原則としていた。しかし、クーポン配布は事務負担が大きいとの批判を受け、「全額現金」を容認する方針に転換。さらに所得制限の撤廃を表明する自治体も出ており、支給事務を担う現場の意向を尊重する姿勢を示した。
　ただ、自治体への補助金額について、山際氏は「年収９６０万円という基準に従って支給させてもらう」と述べた。（2021/12/14-11:17）

The Japanese government will allow municipalities to scrap the annual income cap of 9.6 million yen for receiving 100,000 yen in child benefits, economic and fiscal policy minister Daishiro Yamagiwa said Tuesday.
   "This is one way that municipalities can choose," Yamagiwa told a news conference. Some municipalities have already been announcing decisions to scrap the income cap.
   Yamagiwa added that the government will provide subsidies to municipalities to finance the benefit program under the principle of the 9.6-million-yen income cap.
   The government's plan initially called on municipalities to provide 100,000 yen in benefits to every child aged 18 or under--50,000 yen each in cash and in the form of shopping coupons.
   In response to criticism that distributing coupons would create huge administrative burdens, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that municipalities will be allowed to provide the benefits in a cash lump sum.