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The ruling party led by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is continuing to discuss whether to reduce the food consumption tax to zero, having effectively shelved the proposal to lower the rate to 1%. According to the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Tax System Research Committee’s subcommittee on Monday, the discussion is mainly focused on the zero tax rate, and there has been no mention of the 1% plan.During the February general election, the ruling party pledged to accelerate discussions on suspending the collection of food consumption tax for two years. Although there are concerns from the public that it may take a long time for retailers to update their point-of-sale and accounting systems, the ruling party may be more inclined to seek consensus on a comprehensive suspension.In cross-party discussions, some participants proposed reducing the tax rate to 1% as a more practical alternative, since it would require less system adjustment; however, this proposal has now been put aside.Whatever option is chosen, it may reignite investor concerns that the Takaichi government is too lax with fiscal discipline. Japan’s Ministry of Finance estimates that reducing the food consumption tax to zero would result in a tax revenue loss of about 5 trillion yen annually.

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