２０年度税収、８兆円下振れ　国債１００兆円突破へ

　政府の２０２０年度の一般会計税収が、当初想定の６３．５兆円から８兆円程度下振れする見通しであることが１１日、分かった。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大の影響で企業業績が悪化し、法人税収が見込みを大幅に下回る。目減りした歳入の穴埋めやコロナ対策の歳出拡大により、同年度の新規国債発行額は史上初めて１００兆円を突破することが確実で、財政悪化が一段と加速する。
　１９年度の税収は、決算ベースで前年度比１．９兆円減の５８．４兆円だった。昨年１０月の消費税増税が通年で効くため、２０年度は過去最高の税収を見込んでいたが、一転して２年連続のマイナスとなる。１９年度からの減少幅は３兆円程度と、リーマン・ショック後の０９年度（５．５兆円）以来の大きさとなる。（2020/12/11-18:02）

The Japanese government's general-account tax revenue in fiscal 2020, which ends next March, is expected to be around 8 trillion yen lower than the initially estimated 63.5 trillion yen, it was learned Friday.
   Corporate tax revenue is predicted to fall far below the initial estimate as businesses struggle amid the novel coronavirus crisis.
   It is all but certain that the government will issue over 100 trillion yen of new bonds for the first time ever in fiscal 2020, in order to make up for the revenue shortfall and cover ballooning expenses for measures against the novel coronavirus. The move would further worsen the country's finances.
   The government's tax revenue in fiscal 2019 stood at 58.4 trillion yen, down 1.9 trillion yen from the preceding fiscal year.
   The government initially expected to earn record-high tax revenue this fiscal year as the effects of the consumption tax rate hike in October 2019 would apply throughout the year. Now, however, it expects a second consecutive year of decline.