防衛増税時期、決定見送り　与党税制改正大綱、午後決定

　自民党税制調査会（宮沢洋一会長）は１４日午前に総会を開き、２０２４年度税制改正大綱を了承した。防衛費増額に伴う増税開始時期について、決定を見送った。自民、公明両党は同日午後に与党税制改正大綱として正式決定する。
　政府は防衛財源を法人、たばこ、所得各税の増税で賄う方針。増税開始時期は大綱に明記しなかった。一方、たばこ税については、加熱式たばこの税負担を引き上げ、紙巻きと同水準にする方向性を盛り込んだ。
　１人当たり４万円の定額減税は１回限りとする。しかし大綱は「今後、賃金、物価などの状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、所要の家計支援の措置を検討する」と含みを持たせた。（2023/12/14-10:08）

The tax panel of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday morning approved a tax system reform package for fiscal 2024 that stopped short of clarifying when to start raising taxes to finance higher defense spending.
   The LDP and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, are set to formally adopt their tax system reform package for the year from April later on Thursday.
   The government plans to fund the planned increase in the country's defense expenditures by raising corporate, tobacco and income taxes.
   While the LDP's package did not mention when to start the tax hikes, it included a plan to raise the tobacco tax on heat-not-burn tobacco products to the same level as that on combustible cigarettes.
   The proposed fixed-amount tax cuts of 40,000 yen per person will be a one-time-only measure, according to the LDP's package.