地方減収は５０００億円以上　トリガー条項発動なら―金子総務相

　金子恭之総務相は２２日の閣議後記者会見で、ガソリン税などを一時的に下げる「トリガー条項」が１年間発動された場合、地方で５０００億円以上の減収が見込まれると明らかにした。
　現在凍結中のトリガー条項は、ガソリンの平均小売価格が３カ月連続で１リットル当たり１６０円を超えたときに発動。地方の財源となる軽油引取税と地方揮発油税も対象となる。
　金子氏は高騰する原油価格への対策について、「関係閣僚と連携しながら対応する」と述べた。（2022/02/22-12:12）

Possible gasoline and other tax cuts, if the so-called trigger provision to help curb gasoline prices is activated for one year, could dent the total revenues of local governments across Japan by 500 billion yen or more, internal affairs minister Yasushi Kaneko said Tuesday.
   The provision, currently suspended, calls for temporarily reducing gasoline and other taxes if the average retail gasoline price stays above 160 yen per liter for three consecutive months.
   On Monday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told a parliamentary committee meeting that the government will consider lifting the suspension on the trigger provision.
   At a press conference on Tuesday, Kaneko said he will respond to rising oil prices, together with other related ministers.
   Meanwhile, industry minister Koichi Haguida told a separate news conference the same day that the government will decide next month whether to extend the current subsidies for oil wholesalers beyond the end of March, when the subsidies are currently set to end.