防衛増税を決定　２３年度与党税制改正大綱

　自民、公明両党は１６日午後、２０２３年度与党税制改正大綱を決定した。これに先立ち自民党税制調査会（宮沢洋一会長）は同日午前に総会を開き、大綱を了承。防衛費増額の税財源確保のため、法人税など３税を増税する方針を明記したが、増税時期については「２４年以降の適切な時期」として明示しなかった。（2022/12/16-13:55）

Japan's ruling coalition on Friday adopted its fiscal 2023 tax reform package, which includes a plan to raise corporate, personal income and tobacco taxes to finance an increase in defense spending.
   The taxes will be raised "at an appropriate time sometime in or after 2024," the ruling bloc said.
   Under the package, the country will add a surtax of 4.0-4.5 pct to the corporate tax, while reducing the burden on small companies from the measure.
   A surtax of 1 pct will be added onto the income tax, and the rate of the special income tax designed to finance reconstruction after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami will be lowered by 1 percentage point from 2.1 pct.
   The special income tax will remain in place beyond the current expiration of 2037 to keep the amount of funding for reconstruction unchanged.