The consumption tax was raised from 8% to 10% from October. Since it was first introduced in 1989, it has reached the double-digit rate for the first time with a third tax increase. Will the consumption tax rate continue to rise? After exploring this, there was an expert who pointed out that “whether or not the tax rate is determined in consideration of foreign shoppers” is one of the criteria. What does that mean?
Following the source of consumption tax, France was the first to be introduced in the world. Value added tax (VAT), invented by Mr. Maurice Laure, a finance bureaucrat, was first introduced in 54 as an equivalent to Japanese consumption tax.
Regarding the reason for the introduction, Mr. Loule later answered the Asahi Shimbun interview. “In France, where income inequality is high, low-income earners are not willing to pay taxes. In order not to impair their willingness to work and to secure tax revenue, it was necessary to introduce value-added tax.”
VAT has been adopted in many countries around the world since the 1960s. The system that can collect taxes stably from the rich and the poor may have been convenient for the state.
155 countries that have introduced oil
As of April 1, this year, consumption tax or value added tax has been introduced in 155 countries (according to the National Federation of Tax Associations).
In terms of the high tax rate,
