「１０３万の壁」、今年度から措置　国民民主、自民に要求

　自民党の小野寺五典、国民民主党の浜口誠両政調会長は８日午前、国会内で会談し、衆院選での与党過半数割れを受けた政策協議を開始した。国民民主は衆院選で掲げた「年収１０３万円の壁」の見直しについて、今年度中から何らかの措置を講じるよう求めた。恒久的に所得税の基礎控除などを１７８万円に引き上げることも主張した。
　ガソリン税を一時的に引き下げる「トリガー条項」の凍結解除を含むガソリン減税も要求。自民側はいずれも持ち帰った。両党は引き続き協議する。
　税調会長同士による協議を行うことでも一致した。午後には公明、国民民主両党の政調会長も会談する。今後は与党側が国民民主の要求をどこまで受け入れるかが焦点となる。（2024/11/08-13:13）

The opposition Democratic Party for the People on Friday asked the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to take action within fiscal 2024, which ends in March next year, to review the annual income threshold that separates payers of income tax and nonpayers from the current 1.03 million yen.
   A request to raise the income threshold to 1.78 million yen permanently was also made by DPFP policy chief Makoto Hamaguchi to his LDP counterpart, Itsunori Onodera, during the two parties' first round of policy talks since the LDP-Komeito ruling camp lost its majority in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan's parliament, in October's general election. Hamaguchi demanded a gasoline tax cut as well.
   The two parties agreed to hold talks between their tax research committee heads.
   During the Lower House election campaign, the DPFP pledged to increase take-home pay. There is a proposal being floated within the DPFP to compensate for the increased tax burden on parents of students who work part-time and earn more than 1.03 million yen annually.
   The government plans to compile a comprehensive economic stimulus package by the end of this month and to enact a supplementary budget bill for fiscal 2024 to secure financial resources by the end of next month. The government and ruling bloc hope to win cooperation from the DPFP in parliamentary management, including approval of the budget bill, by taking into account some requests from the party, which made substantial gains in the general election.