防衛財源に復興所得税案　１兆円強確保へ転用検討―政府・与党

　防衛費増額の財源として、東日本大震災の復興予算に充てられている「復興特別所得税」の一部を転用する案が、政府・与党内で浮上していることが１０日、分かった。２０２７年度までに税制措置で年１兆円強を確保するため、法人税やたばこ税、相続税、富裕層課税などと合わせて検討する。政府・与党は、来年度の与党税制改正大綱をまとめる１５日までに一定の結論を出したい考えだ。
　復興所得税は１１年に発生した東日本大震災の復興経費を賄うために創設された。１３年から３７年までの２５年間、所得税額の２．１％を上乗せする措置。このうちの一部を防衛財源に充てる案が検討される見通しだ。岸田文雄首相は８日、防衛財源について「個人の所得税負担が増加する措置は行わない」と表明していた。（2022/12/10-12:51）

Some in Japan's government and ruling bloc are considering diverting part of revenue from the special income tax related to postdisaster reconstruction to cover the planned hike in defense spending, it was learned Saturday.
   The government and the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition will examine the idea alongside other possible options such as hikes in the corporate, tobacco and inheritance taxes, and a levy on well-off people, in order to secure 1 trillion yen a year through tax measures from fiscal 2027 to finance the defense spending increase, informed sources said.
   They hope to come to a certain conclusion by Thursday, when the ruling camp is slated to draw up its fiscal 2023 tax system reform package.
   The special income tax was introduced to help cover costs for the reconstruction of areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which mainly hit northeastern Japan, with 2.1 pct of the amount of the regular income tax levied additionally for 25 years until 2037.
   On how to finance the envisioned hike in defense spending, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also LDP president, said Thursday that the government does not plan to take measures leading to an increase in individual income tax burdens.