Gov't panel backs economy-spurring tax steps

Gov't panel backs economy-spurring tax steps

TOKYO, Japan - Kan Kato (L), chairman of the Tax Commission, on Dec. 16 hands Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) a package of recommendations on tax system reforms for fiscal 2000 beginning April 1. The advisory panel threw its weight behind tax incentives designed to help engineer Japan's return to economic growth.

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