Overview and System of Local Government Bonds in Japan

Local Allocation Tax

From the perspective of local autonomy, it would be ideal for each local government to ensure the revenue sources necessary for their activities through Local tax revenue collected from their residents. However, there are regional imbalances in tax sources, and manylocal governments are unable to acquire the necessary tax revenue. Accordingly, the central government collects revenue resources that would essentially be attributable to Local tax revenue and reallocates them as Local allocation tax to local governments that have weaker financial capabilities.
The Regular local allocation tax for each local government is calculated by the following formula.

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