定額減税、企業７割弱が「負担」　作業量、経費増訴え―帝国データ調査

　帝国データバンクが１７日までに公表したアンケートの調査結果によると、６月に始まった定額減税に関し、６６．８％の企業が「負担感がある」と回答した。事務作業の増加や、会計ソフトの改修費用が発生したことなどを訴える声が寄せられた。一方、「負担感はない」と答えた企業は９．７％にとどまった。
　定額減税は、１人当たり所得税から３万円、住民税から１万円の計４万円を差し引く。所得税の減税額は給与明細に記載することが義務付けられている。回答した企業からは「対応のための経費が増加した」との声が上がったほか、「手続きを理解するのに時間がとられた」「年末調整での一括対応や４万円の定額給付など、別の方法がなかったのか疑問」との指摘もあった。
　調査は今月７～１１日にかけてインターネットを通じて実施し、有効回答企業数は９９８社。「どちらとも言えない・分からない」は２３．４％だった。（2024/06/17-20:29）

A private-sector survey has found that 66.8 pct of Japanese companies feel burdens caused by the government's fixed-amount tax cut program that began this month.
   Companies responding to the survey by Teikoku Databank Ltd. complained of increased administrative work and costs associated with updating accounting software for the scheme, in which 30,000 yen per person is deducted from income tax and 10,000 yen per person from residential tax. Companies are required to indicate the deducted amounts of income tax on employees' pay slips.
   Only 9.7 pct of companies reported that they do not feel any burdens from the tax reduction.
   One company said that costs increased due to the need to deal with the tax cut, while another said that it took time to understand related procedures. One respondent questioned why the government could not take a different approach, such as a lump-sum deduction at the time of year-end tax adjustments or a 40,000-yen benefit payment.
   The online survey was conducted over five days through Tuesday, with 998 companies giving valid responses. Regarding whether burdens from the scheme are felt or not, those who answered neither or had no opinion came to 23.4 pct.